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Order restored on court
Web site
By Reuters
October 26, 1996, 10 a.m. PT
A Florida court Web site was restored Friday
after two days absence following a break-in by a
hacker who placed pornographic images in the
site.
Court officials on Wednesday took the state court
system home page offline after a computer hacker
apparently broke into the site and added pictures
of nude men and women in various stages of
sexual activity.
The photos caused a stir among those who use the
court page to access Florida Supreme Court and
Appellate Court decisions. The home page is
normally a little more staid, with plain
wood-grained background and hypertext links.
Prurient but disappointed surfers looking for thrills
gave the court system home page one of its busiest
days ever Friday, having heard about the incident
or read about it in a local newspaper.
"We've had a significant number of hits today on
our home page," said Craig Waters, executive
assistant to Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice
Gerald Kogan. "With all the publicity surrounding
this, a lot of people are curious."
No files were tampered with and court records
remained intact, Waters said. The Florida
Department of Law Enforcement was contacted
and was investigating the break-in.
Court officials intend to prosecute the perpetrator,
Waters said.
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