Hong Kong beauties stiffed by hackers' enormous poll attack
Fans of simpering scantily clad vixens are furious after the online voting system to pick the next Miss Hong Kong was demolished by hackers, allegedly. The winner of the much-hyped beauty pageant, held on Sunday, was instead decided by a panel of judges.
Broadcaster TVB had been stringing the public along for months with endless TV adverts and pre-pageant shows as the sizeable pool of Miss Hong Kong wannabes was whittled down. Anticipation reached fever pitch.
Sadly, TVB’s first ever attempt to institute a democratic online system to decide on the winner was overwhelmed by data traffic in what appeared to be a massive denial-of-service attack. This led to the judges choosing Carat Cheung Ming-nga as Hong Kong’s representative at next year’s Miss World bikini-fest.
