[ubuntu-uk] Website Hacked.....

[Alan Pope]

2009/6/27 Sean Miller <sean at seanmiller.net>:
> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Harry Rickards<hrickards at l33tmyst.com> wrote:
>> exploit in their control panel (the story even made it to slashdot, as
>> the dev of the control panel hanged himself). My VPS was restored from
>
> Erm, that's a bit "beyond the call of duty", isn't it?
>
> I feel bad when sites get hacked (and over the years some have, though
> seldom ones I've written bespoke), but I've never felt obliged to end
> it all... what was the story behind this?  I seriously doubt he hanged
> himself because of his panel being hacked, that doesn't make any
> sense.
>

Google + Hanged Himself + hacked

http://www.google.com/search?q=hanged+himself+hacked

http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?newsID=117342

"A highly damaging hack at UK-based web hosting company VAserv has
taken a tragic turn for the worse after it was revealed that the boss
of the Indian firm whose software was at the centre the attack, has
hanged himself. "

Cheers,
Al.