Vandals Deface Microsoft Site

NEW YORK (AP) â€” Vandals defaced the New Zealand site for Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday, leaving a taunting declaration, ``security wuz broke'n!'' <br><br>Attrition.org, a site that tracks hacking

Tuesday, January 23rd 2001, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

NEW YORK (AP) â€” Vandals defaced the New Zealand site for Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday, leaving a taunting declaration, ``security wuz broke'n!''

Attrition.org, a site that tracks hacking incidents, said Microsoft sites have been defaced five times before. In addition, a hacker or hackers gained access last fall to Microsoft's secret blueprints for software that is still in the early stages of development.

A group called Prime Suspectz claimed responsibility for the latest attack. According to Attrition, the group has vandalized foreign sites for high-profile companies such as eBay and Visa International.

It was unknown how much access hackers had to Microsoft's systems in the latest incident, although the message left by Prime Suspectz did not indicate that it had done any more than deface the home page. Microsoft had no immediate comment.