A website associated with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
atom-smashing experiment at Cern has been hacked.
A group of hackers called the GST, or Greek Security Team, has
claimed responsibility for the attack. They posted a lengthy
message on the site to prove they had breached computer
security.
The hackers signed off their message with the words, "We are
2600 - don't mess with us."
Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at web security firm
Sophos, said, "With the huge amount of interest worldwide in the
LHC, the thought that hackers were able to compromise and change
data on a website is highly disturbing.
"Theoretically, hackers could have planted malicious code, which
could have stolen identities or installed malware onto the
computers of millions of web visitors."
But, he joked, "Fortunately, there's no evidence as far as we
can ascertain that the Greek Security Team planted a Trojan
horse."
Cern has disconnected the affected
website from the internet while it irons out the security
problems. The site is still currently down.
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