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 22.6.2000 Security: Nike web server hacked
For more than six hours access to the www.nike.com site was diverted by hackers. Nike computers were never breached and its electronic security protected all online customers for Nike products

En français: Le site de Nike piraté
Durant plus de six heures le site www.nike.com a été redirigé par des pirates. Les ordinateurs de Nike n'ont jamais subi de pénétration et sa sécurité électronique protège tous les clients en ligne pour les produits Nike.

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Nike called in the FBI to investigate a computer hacker attack that diverted access from its Web site  to a site that calls for disrupting an international economic forum in Australia.

Nike computers were never breached and its electronic security protected all online customers for Nike products, said spokeswoman Corby Casler.

for more than six hours access to the www.nike.com site was diverted by hackers through computers operated by Internet service providers, including FirstNET Online in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Instead of arriving at the Nike corporate site, Web browsers were sent to www.s11.org, a site with a main page that proclaimed "Global justice is coming -- prepare now!''

The page included messages urging protesters to gather at the World Economic Forum meeting scheduled Sept. 11-13 in Melbourne, Australia.

Résumé en français
Le site Nike a été durant six heures sur le site du groupe www.s11.org, qui proclame sur sa page principale "Global justice is coming -- prepare now!'', la justice globale arrive -- preparez vous maintenant!".

Nike a demandé au FBI d'enquêter sur ce piratage. La page demande de se rassembler du 11-13 Sept. à Melbourne Australie pour le World Economic Forum.

La porte-parole de Nike Corby Casler a dit. "Il n'y a pas de problèmes avec les cartes de crédits ou les achats. Nous voulons que cela soit clair."

En-dessous vous troouverez ce qui a été publié sur le site de www.s11.org, qui dit ne pas avoir de rapport avec les auteurs de l'incident, mais remercie pour rl'augmantation de hit sur leurs pages web.

 

According to the "s11'' Web site, Nike is among the major corporations that will be attending the meeting in Melbourne, which is being held to discuss Asia's economic growth.

Casler said. "There were no problems with credit cards or purchases. We want to make that clear.''

Statement of the S11 group

 NIKE DISCLAIMER: This site's administrators have no idea how or why the nike.com page was redirected to s11.org and do not condone this action, however we do thank Nike for the extra hits
 The s11 alliance, a coalition of groups and individuals based in Melbourne, Australia, who are organising protests at the World Economic Forum on September 11-13th, was not responsible for the redirection of the Nike website. The s11 alliance has no knowledge of the identity, whereabouts, motives, or methods used by the disablers of the Nike Corporations' website, www.nike.com.

S11 is a network of organisations, affinity groups, and individuals that all share a common concern about the growth of corporate power and the direction of globalisation. We are one of the main groupings organising a week of cooperation, networking and protest action against the WEF. We encourage everyone who is concerned about the direction of globalisation and the actions of the WEF to join our network and/or organise actions on and around September 11.
 

Get additional information about that case through an audio comment

Audio: Analyst: No Security on Internet
Nike's corporate Web site was broken into by hackers Wednesday and replaced with a politically charged message about the inequality of the global economy. In an interview with ON24, Dan Schrader comment web site security situation


Hackers attacked Nike's corporate Web site, re-routing the traffic to an Australian site that advocates global economic equality. Chris Rouland, Director of Research at Internet Security Systems Inc., says companies who compromise security will not stay in business for long.

For the complete streaming audio story users should access http://www.on24.com/index.html?id=27990&type=av&ref=bizwire



 
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