TESDA Website Hacked! (NSFW)

Posted on January 11th, 2010. Written by Rico.

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The website of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (tesda.gov.ph) has been defaced. Screenshots and a possible reason behind the hacking follow.

Apparently, the hacker had the bone to pick with authority figures over the death of a beautiful woman turned NPA fighter, Kemberly Jun Luna. Here’s what the text of the defaced TESDA website says:

Mga Abusadong Military, Mga Pulis na nagtatanim na ebidensya, Mga nagaabduct, Mga Hulidap, Las Piñas City Police , NAGA City Police, Lahat ng Police Station sa (Quezon City) UP Police, Pasay Police at madami pang iba (MAY MATITINO PA BA?)

ETO KAYO

[Illustration of a man giving the dirty finger]

Sa susunod PICTURE at VIDEO nyo bubulaga lalo ka na PO1 RAMOS…PO1 ka palang ABUSADO ka na! SA KINAUUKULAN GAWAN NYO NAMAN NG PARAAN PARA MAGTINO TINO AT BUMALIK ANG TIWALA NG TAO SA KANILA! Abangan ang susunod na pahina!

So it seems this was motivated by anger right? Personally though, I’m not so sure. You see, 20 seconds after the hacked TESDA website loads, it automatically redirects the visitor to Smartmatic’s website. Smartmatic is the company responsible for automating the 2010 elections. Here’s the code that does it:

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="20; URL=http://www.smartmatic.com">
<meta name="keywords" content="Filipino, Pinoy Abroad, vip1.smartbro.net, Filipino Hackers, Pinoy Hackers, Pinoy Defacers"/>
<title>Terra</title>
<link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="http://static.youporn.com/images/favicon4.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
...

So, is this just an expression of outrage, or an attempt to weaken public confidence in the automated election process. It’s as if the hacker wanted to say “Jsee, I can hack a government website. What’s to stop me from hacking the 2010 elections?” That’s something easy for Juan dela Cruz to believe, even if securing a website and an automated election process involve different things—and require different methods to compromise security.

Thanks caffeinesparks!

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  • Zach

    gets my official seal of “message sending” awesomeness

  • http://security.com.ph John Ivan

    Sa tingin ko mali yung sinabi na

    “Jsee, I can hack a government website. What’s to stop me from hacking the 2010 elections?”

    Warning yun dahil may invitation ng ventureslink dun sa hacked page…Yung mga ininvite ng ventureslink ang pwedeng mangHack na sa tingin ko warning ng hacker para pumili ng maayos na staffs para sa election.

  • Jovan

    Sa tingin ko, friend nya ung cracker o kaya nmn, isa xang taong ngmamalasakit para ky kim at humihingi xa ng hustisya sa pgkamatay ni kim.

    Cguro nmn ang pamahalaan natin, d nla ito itolerate.

    nkita nyo na ang message nya.



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