Lapse At SANS May Have Been Self-Inflicted
The defaced page included a photo of a pink stuffed rabbit in front of a computer. On the screen of the monitor read a message, "Would you really trust these guys to teach you security?"
Sources close to SANS told Newsbytes that the forensic analysis of the defacement is focused on custom CGI scripts or other code at the site that provides special features. Such scripts have caused security lapses in the past at the site, according to one insider. All of the scripts, including one that drives the site's search engine, have been disabled as a precaution.
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