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Cryptome Hacked

X Files conspiracy moment

By Drew Cullen • Get more from this author

Posted in Security, 26th February 2003 22:30 GMT

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Cryptome.org was hacked yesterday (February 25) and all files on the site deleted. A message on the site says the files will be restored later today.

This replaces a brag posted by the very destructive hacker: hacked by bighawk of hackweiser (bighawk@kryptology.org) (the message is posted at this blog.

It's got to be the US government, hasn't it? ®

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