The local version of an international hacking Web site has been defaced by a group of rival hackers, analysts say.
According to IT security information network Zone-h, the defacement of the local 2600 site was carried out by the "Simiens group", and has rated the incident as a high-profile defacement.
The defacement took place on 4 February, but the site is once again up and running today, says Dino Covotsos, owner of local security company Telspace.
"2600 focuses on hacking and hacking-related issues; they also release a quarterly 2600 magazine to the public. Obviously it is a bonus for hackers to get into high-profile sites like this and deface them," he says.
"However, it is true that over the past few months the local 2600 hacking site has been neglected and not updated as it should have been."
Covotsos says it is the same server that was affected in a recent attack in which 200 South African sites were defaced. "However, this time it was a singular defacement and it was done by a different hacking group, which leads me to believe it was a separate security issue that gave them access to the server."
The Simiens group is well known in hacking circles, and is reported to have been responsible for 2 593 single IP attacks and 21 868 mass defacements.
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