Sometime before 10 AM on September 13, 1998, http://www.nytimes.com was the victim of a hacker's attack. The opening screen looked like this:

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This is the actual page.

I had absolutely nothing to do with this action; I'm merely an amused Times reader.

It is very important to read the page source; "H4CK1NG 4 G1RL13Z" is actually a much smarter, more literate group than the page would originally suggest. The comments that frame each H4CK3R broadside are stylistic opposites.

I believe that this is a good thing, and I applaud every action along these lines, except for one detail. I have erased the home addresses, social security numbers and phone numbers given in the comments. Sorry I didn't realize this earlier...

And to HFG: Congratulations. Great hack. Wish I could do stuff like this myself.

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