In the post-Edward Snowden era, one congressman's campaign website is not up to code, Internet code that is.
Rep. Kilili Sablan's (D-Northern Mariana Islands) campaign website has fallen victim to a hacker calling himself D3c0ded D3m0n, a member of the underground hacking group Cyb3r Command0s. The website currently features background music and depicts a picture of a man wearing dark, hooded clothing in front of flashing lightning bolts. Below the image, there is a warning message to the website's administrator: "Hello Admin. I Just Tested Your Security, And The Result Is A Low Security Detected. Plz patch up again. Sorry :p"
D3c0ded D3m0n's own website, which traces back to a domain name from the New Zealand island territory of Tokelau, includes articles on hacking tutorials and ethical hacking. Cyb3r Command0s gained notoriety in May for hacking the website of the Philadelphia (Pa.) City Council and Perham, Minn.-based Arvig Enterprises. In both of those incidents, the hackers left a pro-Islam message and security warnings about future hacks.
The official website of the four-term congressman, who is a member of the Congressional Internet Caucus, has not suffered a similar fate.
