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Hackers Rev Up for Weekend Attack: An international hacking contest scheduled to begin this weekend could disrupt the Internet and cause headaches for organizations worldwide, warn security consultants with Internet Security Systems.
The contest, known as the Defacers Challenge, awards points to malicious hackers who successfully compromise an organization's Web server and deface its Web pages. [...]
Rather than focusing on the amount of defacement, the Defacers Challenge is set up to reward the skill of malicious hackers who can compromise sites.
Hacker 'contest' to deface web sites planned: The anonymous organizers of the "Defacers Challenge" claim on a Web site that the goal will be to deface 6,000 Web sites in six hours.