by Ben Meyerson
With all the public interest in President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, it was only a matter of time before someone exploited the attention for harm.
According to the computer protection firm Panda Security, someone has made copies of the president-elect's Web-site and outfitted them with a computer virus.
The hook? The sites are topped with a story entitled, "Barack Obama has refused to be a president."
Here's an excerpt from the sites, courtesy of Panda:
"Barack Obama's inauguration that was planned on 20th January 2009 is under the threat of failure. On the Eve of Inauguration Day President-elect Barack Obama made statement. He declared that he is definitely NOT ready for this position. Analysts say that Barack Obama has refused to be next president because he recognized inconsistency of his plan of stimulating USA economy...''
When browsers click the story's link, the site attempts to install malware on the user's computer that can allow the machine to be controlled remotely.
Panda says the suspect sites appear to originate in China. However, as of this posting, most of the sites appear to have been taken down.
Meanwhile, Obama still appears to be on track to take office tomorrow.
Comments
The closer we get to the actual Obama Inuguration the louder the crying from the Wingnuts is getting.
The Greedy Oil Party minions still can't accept the fact that they have been totally rejected by the American people because their Prez W. and their party have just spent the last eight years f-ing up everything they've touched.
Posted by: bebop | January 19, 2009 4:30 PM
If you listen closely, that soft, simpering, stammering, whining you hear is RNC Bruce, Paulo, Inky and the rest of the right-wing whackos trying desperately not to go to sleep so that tomorrow never comes.
Posted by: Doug Zook | January 19, 2009 8:25 PM
Graciousness in victory.
Posted by: Jim Treacher | January 20, 2009 3:14 AM
Considering all the effort China has put into censoring their local websites, I'm surprised this one got through. I'll be interested to hear what happens to whoever was behind it (assuming the Chinese government managed to locate the server).
Posted by: Tom J | January 20, 2009 3:29 AM