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'USA TODAY' WEBSITE HACKED; PRANKSTERS MOCK BUSH, CHRISTIANITY...
Drudge Report ^ | 7/12/2002 | Matt Drudge

Posted on 07/11/2002 9:33:43 PM PDT by toupsie

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THU JUL 11, 2002 23:32:38 ET XXXXX

'USA TODAY' WEBSITE HACKED; PRANKSTERS MOCK BUSH, CHRISTIANITY



The USA TODAY newspaper's website was broken into late Thursday evening by hackers who put up a series of stories blasting George Bush, Sercretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Christianity.



Regular readers of the site could easily be misled because the hackers used the USA TODAY's basic design template, but multiple misspellings and bad grammar give away the prank.

One headline entitled 'Bush proposes another new Cabinet post' linked to an article purportedly filed by the ASSOCIATED PRESS:

Washington D.C. (AP) - Today, George W. Bush has proposed yet another cabinet level position. The Cabinet Minister for Propoganda and Popular Englightenment, will be setup to complement the recent addition of the department of Homeland Defense. It is reported that, if approved, Bush would appoint Dr. Joseph Goebbels to the post.

In recent weeks Tom Ridge has complained that his department has lacked the proper authority to keep terrorists from infiltrating the american mind. 95% of Americans, in a Gallop poll, agree that we have to do all we can to rid the country of terrorists, showing the public still strongly supports president Bush in his campaign against terrorism.

If the move is succesful, people close to the Whitehouse think there could be a turf war between Goebbels and White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer. Since September 11th, Fleischer has come to enjoy controling public opinion and has expressed dissatisfaction with the idea of a Popular Englightement Minister. There was a constant flow of customers buying everything.



Headlines 'Opps says the Pope; Christianity a Sham!' and

'Donald Rumsfeld: An American Beauty?' also linked to mock articles. The Rumsfeld article alleged that the Secretary of Defense is homosexual.

At of 11 pm EDT USA TODAY could no longer be accessed by the public.

Developing...

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: tech; usatoday; websitehack
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Wow! Shows to levels that the anti-Bush crowd will sink too.
1 posted on 07/11/2002 9:33:43 PM PDT by toupsie
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To: toupsie
Wow. How original and true (sarcasm on): Naziism being equated with Christianity. Most, if not all leftists are beyond immaturity. It makes me sick.
2 posted on 07/11/2002 9:35:25 PM PDT by Pyro7480
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To: toupsie
Just how is one to differentiate these stories from the usual ones already issued by the leftist media daily???
3 posted on 07/11/2002 9:38:23 PM PDT by E=MC<sup>2</sup>
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To: toupsie
...Sercretary...

Drudge has been hacked, too!

4 posted on 07/11/2002 9:42:57 PM PDT by Senator Pardek
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To: toupsie
...and THIS CRAP is big news to Matt Drudge? Why?

It is just another waste of bandwidth by Drudge for recognition in a world of internet news that he is now being recognized as

"THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING Drudge MAN!"

5 posted on 07/11/2002 9:44:25 PM PDT by Vidalia
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To: toupsie
Hacked? I accept this conclusion with grave reservation.
6 posted on 07/11/2002 9:45:07 PM PDT by nullsumme
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To: toupsie
... and this varies from usa today's standard editorial viewpoint in what way?...
7 posted on 07/11/2002 9:45:55 PM PDT by glock rocks
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To: Senator Pardek
Drudge is a Hack
8 posted on 07/11/2002 9:58:43 PM PDT by MJY1288
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To: toupsie
Anybody have a mirror?
Should be posted to http://defaced.alldas.org/ soon.
9 posted on 07/11/2002 9:59:19 PM PDT by sigSEGV
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I enjoy how the Liberals hate Rumsfeld.
Liberal wishful thinking on the gay thing, "He's mean but sooo entitled!"
10 posted on 07/11/2002 9:59:57 PM PDT by PRND21
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To: glock rocks
Sounds as though James Carville worked out a perfect cover story for USA Today.
11 posted on 07/11/2002 10:19:47 PM PDT by billhilly
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To: Pyro7480
"Naziism being equated with Christianity."

Strange, since Hitler was a Pagan who destroyed every Christian value in German society.

12 posted on 07/11/2002 10:21:55 PM PDT by BlessingInDisguise
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To: BlessingInDisguise
You're absolutely right, but just don't tell that to the lefitsts. They won't believe you. ;-)
13 posted on 07/11/2002 10:27:54 PM PDT by Pyro7480
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To: toupsie
How would we know it was a hoax?
14 posted on 07/11/2002 10:38:08 PM PDT by OldFriend
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To: BlessingInDisguise
Not only was he a pagan, but many of his high ranking officers were homosexuals.
15 posted on 07/11/2002 10:38:16 PM PDT by Carry_Okie
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To: OldFriend
How would we know it was a hoax?

As with any headline in USA Today, odds are it's a hoax!

16 posted on 07/11/2002 10:47:31 PM PDT by Dominic Harr
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To: toupsie
Shows to levels that the anti-Bush crowd will sink too.

The article reads as if it were written by dyslexic 8th graders as a term project for their liberal social studies teacher.

17 posted on 07/11/2002 10:50:59 PM PDT by pariah
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USA Today - "The USAToday web site is currently unavailable. Service to the site will be restored as soon as possible."

Netcraft - "The site www.usatoday.com is running Microsoft-IIS/5.0 on Windows 2000"

18 posted on 07/11/2002 10:52:09 PM PDT by HAL9000
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To: Dominic Harr
USA Today quickly reaching NYTimes proportions.
19 posted on 07/11/2002 10:54:23 PM PDT by OldFriend
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To: Vidalia
"THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING Drudge MAN!"

4 million daily hits and rising, not withstanding.

20 posted on 07/11/2002 11:01:41 PM PDT by Diplomat
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