The State of The Hack Awards #1

posted onDecember 17, 2000

by hitbsecnews

Web page defacement has evolved into something of an art form, or perhaps more accurately the bastard child of art, and it is in recognition of this dubious achievement that I conduct the following examination of some of the more widely visible acts of (digital) vandalism. I neither encourage nor approve of the practice, by the way, but merely report on it. One may critique actions one does not
necessarily condone. On the other hand, on a few rare occasions the hack is better than the original content,
and it is the fond hope of discovering one of these gems that drives me to pick my way through the mountains
of uninspired, deadly dull script kiddie tripe out there on a daily basis. It's something akin to a treasure hunt in a septic tank.

I classify defacements, which I will call for the sake of brevity "hacks," (although they aren't usually the result
of what I personally would term 'hacking') by their relative artistic and sociopolitical merit, as judged by me. From time to time you'll see me rate a hack for one reason or another (usually because I damn well feel like it). My rating categories are:

# (Braindead): Probably carried out by a chimpanzee or lower
primate with a barely functional scripted auto-attack. Simply not
worth the bad HTML it may or may not be written in.

## (BeanieBaby): An obvious script kiddie job. No real message
or elegance, just a puppy pissing on a park bench.

### (BlueCollar): A solid hack. Nothing fancy, but functional.
Some evidence of higher brain functions.

#### (Expert): A classy bit of hackery, to the point and often
with a touch of *joie de vivre.*

##### (Elite): A force to be reckoned with. Smart, saavy, politically
aware, and dangerous. Smoothly professional.

###### (Godlike): The ultrauberH4x0r was here. Makes Kevin look like
a beginner with a pocket calculator. Look well, lads, for ye may ne'er
see th' likes o' this again.

Don't expect to me to review any ###### hacks in your lifetime.

Here is my list of the most noteworthy defacers this month, as
chronicled in the indispensable pages of attrition.org.

Best Animation: viruskrew's hack of www.sanu.ac.yu
(et al.)
Best Attention-Getting Graphics: BrainStorm's hack of www.atacsis.de
Best Capsule Summary: azndragon's hack of www.cis.unibo.it
["Italy's
Security Sucks"]
Best Childish Taunt: telconinjas' hack of www.pasopon.ne.jp
["Your
girlfriend loves my..." never mind, go read it for yourself.]
Best Diatribe that Falls Just Short of Eloquence: anonymous hack of www.gop.org
Best Disclaimer: fezable's hack of www.yourcityinfo.com
["NO ANIMALS WERE
HARMED IN THE HACKING OF THIS WEB PAGE"]
Best Existential Rant: viruskrew's hack of www.ii
Best Forcing the Issue Hack: dhc's hack of www.state.ny.us
Best Glamorization Using a French Title: WeB Claws' hack of
www.costruzionesiti.com ["les
hackers comiques d'AOL"]
Best Greetz: WeBClaws' hack of www.trahanmechanical.com
["Greetz Phebee my
cat & Nonore"]
Best Haiku: mlp's hack of www.uglychicken.com
["Microsoft is bad. It seems
secure at first glance. Then you read your mail."]
Best Instructions to the Victim: t3aM dANk's hack of shop.amt1st.com ["2
dA
oWneRz 0f th1s s1GhT: k1cK y0uR aDm1N 1n za pAntZ!"]
Best Looking Hack I Didn't Understand: Bypaz's hack of www.ovam.be
Best Missed Chance for Major Glory: anonymous hacks of events.microsoft.com
Best Misuse of a Homonym: m0r0n/nightman's hack of
www.posta.cg.yu ["raising
villages to the ground"]
Best Mixed Metaphor: crime boys' hack of www.terestech.com
(et al.) ["We
not gay,We r00t!"]
Best New Euphemism for 'Defaced:' ipx's hack of casemiro.castroalves.br
["Deployed"]
Best Non-English Diatribe: Sonyy's hack of www.venezuela.gov.ve
[I don't
have any idea what it says, but it looks convincing.]
Best Oblique Marriage Proposal: Crazy Horse's hack of www.mountainimagery.com
Best Plea for Sanity: dislexik's hack of edit16.iccu.sbn.it ["end racism
and overcome ignorance"]
Best Plug for a Publishing Company: scripter's hack of www.keck.com
Best Political Humor: r0b1n h00d slu7's hack of www.theadmiral.com
Best Polylingual Rant: DHC's hack of www.szaudit.org.cn
Best Quote: philer's hack of www.lgtwireless.com
["wow i thought computer
companys had security!"]
Best Reference to Parental Unit: Di_QuIp's hack of
wizard.darkzone.trzepak.pl ["My mother will administrate your box better
then you!"]
Best Rhetorical Collapse of Capitalism: the nobodies' hack of
www.cams.tsinghua.edu.cn
["what if the companies gave all their profits
away to good charities?"]
Best Self-Effacement: MrFlOaT's hack of www.ased.it
["I am more lame than
Gerrie and even I can h4x0r thiz"]
Best Somewhat Mistargeted Political Message: fluffy bunny's hack of
ww1.knightnetworking.com (et al.)
Best Twinkie Soundtrack: Fezable's hack of www.linnmar.k12.ia.us
Best Unadulterated Filth: Evil Angelica's www.war247.com
Best Unintentional Irony: DeTH's hack of www.scmlabs.com
["www.thedeth.com
(down for the moment")]
Best Use of 'The Hacker's Manifesto:' viruskrew's hack of mail.picripe.com
Best Use of Anime: ElectronicSouls' hack of www.the-vmax.de
Best Use of Bad English to Taunt a Non-English Speaking People: m0sad
team's hack of www.khaleej.com (et al.)
Best Use of Capitalization: m0r0n/nightman' hack of ascii.co.il
Best Use of Circular Logic in a Motto: x-Destroi-x's hack of aurora.com.tw
Best Use of Movie Poster Effects: hackweiser's hack of
www.forchristians.com (et al.)
Best Use of Retro Interface: keyDet79's hack of www.anetium.com
[Serious
DOS flashbacks]
Best Use of Seismic Technology: WFD's hack of harpo.isa.uma.es (et al.)
Best Use of Skeleton Graphics: WFD's hack of www.tic.com.mx
(et al.)
Best Use of Third Person: fluffy bunny's hack of www.single.tv
Best Vague Tagline: the kill3rz' hack of www.eltromat.com
(et al.) ["SKATE
SEXO E ROCK ROLL"]
Best William Shatner Impersonation: prime suspectz's hack of
www.hbsp.harvard.edu
["adm...nothing...was...deleted...Try..to...use...apache"]
Best Yearbook Photo: DeTH's hack of www.ottawarcclub.com
Lamest Response to Well-Presented Criticism: lion&type_o's hack of
www.moa.or.ir
Lowest Content: Halik's hack of www.gpo.gov
Lowest Signal-to-Noise Ratio: Fenrir's hack of www.tgifonline.com [Read the
page source]
Most Ambitious Failure to Achieve Greatness: Andripopa's hack of
www.socialsecurity.com and damn
near everyone else
Most Annoying Use of "Joo": Lord Choo3s of Silver Lords' hack of www.forix.com
Most Apologetic: stolen's hack of www.asmaraindo.co.id
(et al.)
Most Chaotic Message: keoki's hack of www.silverton.org
(et al.)
Most Clever Use of HTTP Error Code: nSaNiTy ZiNe c0rp.'s hack of cliq.mit.edu
Most Comprehensive Shoutz: dreamscape team's hack of
www.elitegaymodels.com [I think you
missed someone in Sri Lanka, guys]
Most Considerate Hack: IHA's hack of www.ntanet.org
[old index was here and
no files were looked at]
Most Contorted Philosophy: b1t's hack of www.sss.com.sg
(et al.)
Most Erudite: keyDet79's hack of www.islamantilles.com
Most Graphic Threat: Dcoder's hack of homepage.piltel.com.ph ["I'll peel
off the skin of your feetz exposing the flesh and let u guys walk barefoot in the sand made of salt"]
Most Inconspicuous Hack: kryptek's hack of www.broadcastamerica.com
Most Informative: kn0wledge's hack of www.seplan.pi.gov.br
Most Interesting Font: quit crew's hack of www.baas.co.kr
(et al.)
Most Intriguing, Yet Nauseating 'Scanners' Clip: Furia.BR's hack of
dns.redes.unb.br (et al.)
Most Likely to Succeed in Advertising: TheKillers' hack of
www.cologne-media.de (et al.)
Most No-Nonsense Hack: hackweiser's hack of www.gracecpas.com
["Trying at www.gracecpas.com...
Connected at 63.200.119.166...
Sending Overflow...
Finished!"]
Most Novel Book Proposal: philer's hack of www.claritypubs.com
Most Pathological Use of Bad WaReZ-Speak: anonymous [probably too
embarrassed to leave a name] hack of www.sefatl.org
Most Professionally Embarrassing Wakeup Call: InsanityZine's hacks of
McAfee (www.mcafee.com.br) and Network
Associates (www.nai.com.br), Brazil
Most Raging Ego: Blitz's hack of www.simtelcomputers.com
Most Seamless Hack: anonymous hack of www.whyamisick.com
Most Self-Aware: philer's hack of www.detroittradesmen.com
["im not some
l337o h4x0r so dont email me askin how to hack"]
Most Self-Obvious Statement: Crime Boys' hack of www.bancopsa.com.br (et
al.) [Actually, "I forgot something, but I dont know what is it ....
lalalala"]
Most Socially Conscious: b1t's hack of libcdnet.yonsei.ac.kr
Most Sophisticated Message Delivery: amnesiac/hackweiser's hack of
www.timeinacapsule.com (et al.)
Most Succinct Gibberish: kbr's hack of www.fundap.sp.gov.br
["i owned here
by kbr -l0gik"]
Most Utterly Tasteless Hack: Mr.P's hack of www.marilynfineart.com (et al.)
Most Verbose Link to a News Story: rsh's hack of www.getinsideout.com (et al.)
Muddiest Ethics: RSH's hack of www.cybernetinc.net
(et al.) [breaking and
entering to protest the FBI's invasion of privacy vis. Carnivore]
Overall Classiest Hack: prime suspectz's hack of www.yoko.npmoc.navy.mil
Weirdest Use of Photoshop: hackweiser's hack of www.bigsoccer.com
Winner of the "No Shit?" Award: m0r0n/nightman's hack of www.sdcint.co.yu
["Our cause is to spread the word and not to spread htmls!"]
Worst Attempt at Poetry: r0b1n h00d slu7's hack of www.cooperconsulting.com(et al.)