Here's what the official website of the government of Nigeria normally looks like:
And here's what it looks like today, with a title of "Fatal Error ownz you !!!!!":
Fatal Error !
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"Seja você mesmo mas não seja sempre o mesmo" ... G. o Pensador ...
The message in Portuguese translates as
"Be yourself but not always the same" ... G. The Thinker ...
Two email addresses are provided by the hackers if anyone needs any help (it's uncertain whether you would contact them for help regarding the website defacement, or to have the profundity of the quote explained to you).
Of course, it's perfectly possible that the email addresses listed belong to people who have no knowledge of the hack - but with the quote written in Portugeuse, it certainly wouldn't be a surprise to see a Brazilian connection.
If you run a website make sure you are doing everything to keep it as secure as possible - for both your organisation's sake, and that of your users. If you haven't already done so, read this informative paper by SophosLabs, "Securing websites", which covers some of the issues.
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I like the quote, anyhow.
I felt a bit offended, since they are saying that the hacker is brazilian. Theres other countries that spekas portuguese, like portugal itself (and some other african countries).
To be honest, though, it LOOKS like brazilian portuguese, since the hackers are quoting Gabriel o Pensador (A brazilian rapper) and their 'accent' looks totally brazilian to me.
websites are being hacked every other day. there suppose to be a solution to end this. Most targets are governments or multi-national companies.
Funny, I thought the "before" image was the defaced version before I scrolled down enough. Such shocking design I'm sure it won't be sorely missed while it's down.