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denim · 12-22-2004, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by from RISKS-L 23.62

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:34:26 -0500 (EST)
From: Matthew Schie
Subject: Live television banner hacked

A television station in Raleigh, North Carolina (U.S.A.) created a Web
interface so local businesses could submit closure information during
inclement weather. Although participants had to register and receive human
approval, there was apparently no further review of the submissions before
they appeared on-air. Judging from the screenshots the hack went on for
many hours before being discovered.

Gallery
http://www.networksynapse.net/gallery/News14?page=1
Discussions
http://www.securityfocus.org/news/8191
http://www.lostremote.com/archives/000366.html

Okay, I took a look at the gallery. This shit is pretty good. Whoever did this made their point, I think.

Cynthetiq · 12-22-2004, 07:39 AM

My favorite of the bunch...

http://www4.ncsu.edu/~smheath/news14.html

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News 14 Carolina gets pwnt
OH WE BACK!!! I got the pictures and the site is back, baby!

OK, maybe I should explain what this is all about. On February 26, 2004, we had a snowstorm here in Raleigh, and all the news channels posted the businesses and schools that would be closed the next day. One of these fine news organizations, Time Warner Cable's News 14 Carolina, chose the most convenient but least secure method to allow businesses to report closings: the Internet. Well, it wasn't long before members of The Wolf Web, an NCSU message board, exposed this flaw. They went crazy, as you're about to see. The best part of the whole thing was once a closing was accepted, it could be edited on the Internet and would go straight to TV without having to be reviewed again, so a fake closing that seemed plausible the first time it was shown could be outrageous the next time.

Click here to read the thread on The Wolf Web.

TexanAvenger · 12-22-2004, 07:40 AM

Man, I'm really sorry I don't have time to watch the news in the morning. I could've caught this. I don't even remember people talking about it. But whenever this is from (I think sometime around Feb.) it's some pretty funny stuff.

Now I feel the need to find a way to take advantage of their new system.

MooseMan3000 · 12-22-2004, 07:58 AM

Bwaaaahahahaha! News 14 got pwnt. That is too funny.

vox_rox · 12-22-2004, 08:21 AM

Gawd I LOVE technology, especially in the hands of clueless people! Hilarious. Thanks for posting this, much appreciated.

Peace,

Pierre

f6twister · 12-22-2004, 09:24 AM

I would think there are some news producers looking for a job right now. Almost all of that stuff is so obvious it should have never made it through more than one viewing. My compliments to The Wolf Web.

rat · 12-22-2004, 11:05 AM

says it all...

kutulu · 12-22-2004, 11:15 AM

Wow, that is so fucking funny.

stonegrody · 12-22-2004, 11:21 AM

That's hilarious! I would have been cracking up if I read that stuff on our local news. Classic!

Faygo · 12-23-2004, 09:29 AM

Bwaaa haaa good one.

thecoldone33 · 12-23-2004, 10:06 AM

Its like they dont even realize what's going on with the show.

JStrider · 12-23-2004, 11:20 AM

the way a lot of that really outrageous stuff got on there was it was only checked the first time... if you came back and edited it wasnt rechecked after getting edited...

but thats pretty damn funny....

AquaFox · 12-23-2004, 12:58 PM

lol, halarious

bigd999 · 12-23-2004, 01:19 PM

Can you imagine, someone had to actualy type those messages out. Hillarious!

MSD · 12-23-2004, 10:25 PM

http://www.thewolfweb.com/photos/00234733.jpg
This one is my favorite because my preferred greeting for ringing payphones that I come across is, (In a British accent) "Cecil's Cockring Emporium, Connecticut's largest supplier of below-the-belt bodey jewelry, how can we accesorize your wang today?"

edit: by the way, does anyone know where the name "Cecil's Cockring Emporium" is from? I thought that was an original one that I came up with, but it seems that I may have picked it up from someone else.

Bratwurst · 12-27-2004, 04:02 AM

Tutone Inc.
Closed Thursday and Friday
Call Jenny at 867-5309

Thats absolute genius.

Macheath · 12-27-2004, 04:50 AM

Whoa, that Thomas Brewington is quite the supervillain.

Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb.
Operator: We get signal.
Captain: What !
Operator: Main screen turn on.
Captain: It's You !!
Thomas Brewington: How are you gentlemen !!.....

holtmate · 12-27-2004, 03:29 PM

That's brilliant!
That actually brought a tear to my eye...
Thanks for sharing this!

Jonsgirl · 12-28-2004, 09:54 AM

Ha! That's great.
I heart the internet!

martinguerre · 12-28-2004, 10:51 AM

yeah...they got owned alright. the cockring emporium had to be the funniest.

i can just imagine the kids waiting to see if school is canceled...

"mommy, what's a cock ring emporium?"

StephenSa · 12-29-2004, 10:26 AM

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" by the way, does anyone know where the name "Cecil's Cockring Emporium" is from? I thought that was an original one that I came up with, but it seems that I may have picked it up from someone else." - Mr. Self Destruct

On HBO the comedy sketch show "Mr. Show" had a parody commercial about a cockring emporium so it may have come from there. It was pretty funny, They showed a huge warehouse with forklifts and the like running about with the voice over saying in best overblown fashion "Its a cockring blow-out! The new models are coming in and these have to go!" etc, etc. I don't recall if "Cecil" was in the title but it may have been.
Love the e-mail messages on the news broadcast. I used to direct a morning news show at an NBC affiliate and can't see how those got past master control. Someone was either an idiot, sleeping, or just didn't care. Priceless.

GraveTaker · 12-30-2004, 10:21 AM

LOL i pissed my pants and what some of those hackers typed....lol if only i knew how to crack.....

12-22-2004, 08:21 AM	#5 (permalink)
vox_rox Psycho Location: Comfy Little Bungalow	Gawd I LOVE technology, especially in the hands of clueless people! Hilarious. Thanks for posting this, much appreciated. Peace, Pierre __________________ --- There is no such thing as strong coffee - only weak people. ---

12-22-2004, 09:24 AM	#6 (permalink)
f6twister Addict	I would think there are some news producers looking for a job right now. Almost all of that stuff is so obvious it should have never made it through more than one viewing. My compliments to The Wolf Web. __________________ A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day. Calvin

12-22-2004, 11:21 AM	#9 (permalink)
stonegrody Brooding. Location: CA-USA	That's hilarious! I would have been cracking up if I read that stuff on our local news. Classic! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality. Embrace this moment. Remember. We are eternal. All this pain is an illusion. Tool - Parabola

12-23-2004, 11:20 AM	#12 (permalink)
JStrider Poo-tee-weet? Location: The Woodlands, TX	the way a lot of that really outrageous stuff got on there was it was only checked the first time... if you came back and edited it wasnt rechecked after getting edited... but thats pretty damn funny.... __________________ -=JStrider=- ~Clatto Verata Nicto

12-23-2004, 12:58 PM	#13 (permalink)
AquaFox WaterDog	lol, halarious __________________ ...AquaFox...

12-22-2004, 07:40 AM	#3 (permalink)
TexanAvenger Born-Again New Guy Location: Unfound.	Man, I'm really sorry I don't have time to watch the news in the morning. I could've caught this. I don't even remember people talking about it. But whenever this is from (I think sometime around Feb.) it's some pretty funny stuff. Now I feel the need to find a way to take advantage of their new system.

12-22-2004, 07:58 AM	#4 (permalink)
MooseMan3000 wouldn't mind being a ninja. Location: Maine, the Other White State.	Bwaaaahahahaha! News 14 got pwnt. That is too funny.

12-22-2004, 11:15 AM	#8 (permalink)
kutulu Junkie	Wow, that is so fucking funny.

12-23-2004, 09:29 AM	#10 (permalink)
Faygo Banned	Bwaaa haaa good one.

12-23-2004, 10:06 AM	#11 (permalink)
thecoldone33 Tilted	Its like they dont even realize what's going on with the show.

12-23-2004, 01:19 PM	#14 (permalink)
bigd999 Tilted Location: Dallas, TX	Can you imagine, someone had to actualy type those messages out. Hillarious!

12-23-2004, 10:25 PM	#15 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	http://www.thewolfweb.com/photos/00234733.jpg This one is my favorite because my preferred greeting for ringing payphones that I come across is, (In a British accent) "Cecil's Cockring Emporium, Connecticut's largest supplier of below-the-belt bodey jewelry, how can we accesorize your wang today?" edit: by the way, does anyone know where the name "Cecil's Cockring Emporium" is from? I thought that was an original one that I came up with, but it seems that I may have picked it up from someone else. Last edited by MSD; 12-23-2004 at 10:28 PM..

12-27-2004, 04:02 AM	#16 (permalink)
Bratwurst Insane Location: La la land	Tutone Inc. Closed Thursday and Friday Call Jenny at 867-5309 Thats absolute genius.

12-27-2004, 04:50 AM	#17 (permalink)
Macheath Junkie Location: Sydney, Australia	Whoa, that Thomas Brewington is quite the supervillain. Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb. Operator: We get signal. Captain: What ! Operator: Main screen turn on. Captain: It's You !! Thomas Brewington: How are you gentlemen !!.....

12-27-2004, 03:29 PM	#18 (permalink)
holtmate Flailing White Boy Location: Cincinnati	That's brilliant! That actually brought a tear to my eye... Thanks for sharing this!

12-28-2004, 09:54 AM	#19 (permalink)
Jonsgirl Semi-Atomic Location: Home.	Ha! That's great. I heart the internet! __________________ Someday, someone will best me. But it won't be today, and it won't be you.

12-28-2004, 10:51 AM	#20 (permalink)
martinguerre whosoever Location: New England	yeah...they got owned alright. the cockring emporium had to be the funniest. i can just imagine the kids waiting to see if school is canceled... "mommy, what's a cock ring emporium?" __________________ For God so loved creation, that God sent God's only Son that whosoever believed should not perish, but have everlasting life. -John 3:16

12-30-2004, 10:21 AM	#22 (permalink)
GraveTaker Crazy	LOL i pissed my pants and what some of those hackers typed....lol if only i knew how to crack..... __________________ GraveTaker