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Diego Maradona Should Not Trust Website Security to the “Hand of God”

by FireHost Evangelist on October 14th, 2009

handofgodEven if you’re not a football fan, you’ve probably seen news about Argentinean Coach Diego Maradona’s website being defaced by a Peruvian fan/hacker “Elite-Peruvian”.

The website’s intended facade was replaced with a tearful picture of Maradona under the caption “We made you cry” after the Argentine team defeated Peru 2 to 1 on Saturday.

Under Maradona’s image, the hacker included a Peruvian team photo proclaiming “For the biggest cry baby of all time. We didn’t win at the football, but we did on the web!” And as a final insult, Elite Peruvian threw in a soundtrack of Peruvian folk music playing in the background.

Details on how the hacker accessed Maradona’s website are forthcoming, but you can see images of the defacement on Graham Cluley’s blog. Referring back to Maradona’s 1986 FIFA World Cup quarter finals match, Mr. Cluley suggests Maradona seek a more concrete website security solution than the “Hand of God.”

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