German Graphic Design Book Publisher’s Site Temporarily Hacked by Islamic Religious Group
Last night at about 11:30 PM Mountain Time I went to www.zeixs.com – the portal for interactive books for designers – founded by the publishing house Feierabend Unique Books and the design agency 12ender. Zeixs prints books about the fusion of online and printed media.
And to my surprise this is what was up on the site:
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The hackers also had the page linked to play this music in the background:
http://www.islamicthinkers.com/index/files/audio/051%20-%20Sanakhudu.mp3
I was a little creeped out after seeing this page.
Zeixs.com was able to recover the site shortly after it happened and you can see their normal site from this link. But it really made me wonder how far a group like the jihad or any other zealous religious group could go if they knew enough about hacking the Internet and what kind of damage they could do. And also, what kind of extra steps can we take to avoid a hack like this to one of our websites?
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About Siah Design
Josiah Jost, nicknamed Siah (sigh-ah) by his friends, is located in Alberta, Canada and freelances under his business Siah Design. He specializes in logo design and has won various awards for his work as well as been published in multiple design books. He serves clientelle locally, nationally and internationally. He is also a Christian and is very open about his faith.
“ Josiah was personable and flexible to work with. His logos had meaning behind their design, and he worked with me to create a logo that was both memorable and well-branded. I hired him again to design our stationary and he over-delivered once again. ”
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wow, weird… and how random!