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How Dangerous is Hacktivism?
Apart from lowering the reputation of the hosting provider, this type of hacktivism is not really dangerous: It is public, now the provider will have more vigilance and they have just sent a message.
I has the same long term impact as if someone spray-painted islamic graffitti on the Dutch parliament building.
What one need to be more weary about is the "covert" attack types, where a worm or trojan could have been redistributed via these hacked sites, and triggered to do much more damage to Dutch citizens.

I am not defending the hacker nor the incompetence of the hosting provider, but the security world needs to be much more vigilant of the real impact threats, not the high profile advertising that can be fixed in a matter of minutes.

Spirovski Bozidar
http://www.shortinfosec.net
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Hundreds of Dutch web sites hacked by Islamic hackers  Loverock Davidson | 08/25/08
Du'h  RicD_ | 08/25/08
Hint  John L. Ries | 08/25/08
I agree John, except on this occasion, he is correct!  Scrat | 08/26/08
Busy between prayers  fr0thy2 | 08/25/08
RE: Hundreds of Dutch web sites hacked by Islamic hackers  none none | 08/25/08
Politically motivated vandalism...  John L. Ries | 08/25/08
Unless...  aureolin@... | 08/26/08
ZDNet feels more like Digg every day  Don Collins | 08/25/08
How Dangerous is Hacktivism?  Bozhidar | 08/26/08
Not as dangerous as religion can be wink  TedKraan | 08/26/08
How. exactly, did they do it?  slevdi | 08/26/08
Hey Slevdi, this is off topic  Ziggah | 09/30/08
Hey Slevdi, this is off topic  slevdi | 11/25/08
...  Scrat | 08/26/08
Will hacking a web site make one a martyr?  duclod | 08/26/08
Martyr  aeriform | 08/26/08
The Semitic superstitions are a curse on humanity  schmandel@... | 08/26/08
True statement, except  OldGuru | 08/26/08
What's that site running? Linux/Apache  mikefarinha | 08/26/08
So since the hack occured  zclayton2 | 08/27/08
Tweak their noses...  mikifinaz1@... | 08/26/08
Ayesha the child wife of the Prophet  duclod | 08/26/08
Wrong  Haas | 06/23/09
a-HEM  Dr_Zinj | 08/26/08
That's your opinion  Haas | 06/23/09
give full info Mr.duclod  only_moin@... | 08/26/08
RE: Hundreds of Dutch web sites hacked by Islamic hackers  redpigg@... | 08/26/08
Do you mean Muslim hackers?  daltenho@... | 09/08/08
Well said  Haas | 06/23/09
www.homequran.com  homequran | 06/22/09

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