The Funniest Hacker Attacks Of All Time

Security services perform an important job.They take down propaganda and information from terrorist websites.MI6 from the UK did this in a unique way in 2011. They did not just take down pipe bomb instructions from an al-Qaeda magazine online.They replaced the instructionswith cake recipes. People wanting explosives got only cupcake recipes from Ellen DeGeneres's "This is the best cupcakes in America."

The Church of Scientology tried to take down.a Tom Cruise video on YouTube in early 2008, hackers gave a math-based answer. These anonymous attackers caused no harm to the church.They bombed Google.By changing the church's Google rankings, the hackers made the Church of Scientology's website the first result for searches about "dangerous cults".

Visitors to the official European Union website for the Spanish Prime Minister in 2010 saw a strange surprise. Instead of seeing Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's picture, visitorssaw a pictureof the British sitcom character Mr. Bean. Newspapers compared Zapatero to the character, which might have prompted the hacker.

Many suspect government agents or civilian hackers tried to destabilize Iran’s nuclear program by hacking its facilities. One attack caught media attention in July 2012 for its odd results.

According to reports,Iranian nuclear facilities were forced to play AC/DC.two buildings played AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” song nonstop. The music played all night and could not stop. The worm also hit the automation network, though workers likely found that less annoying than hearingTHUN - DAH.This happened deep into the night.

A 2013 hack on theVogue filled the website with accessorized dinosaurs.website, and others owned by Conde Nast, involved dinosaurs. Entering the Konami code on the keyboard while browsing the site madedinosaurs appear across the screenwearing different hats and headwear.

No one knows who did the attack yet.Some suspect a company employee, as this would have hidden the attack better as anEaster.egg rather than a real attack.

In 1903, Guglielmo Marconi, the "father of modern radio," stood on a cliff ready to show hisnew telegraphHe braced his fingers for the message. He sent it more than 300 miles across the airwaves to the Royal Academy of Sciences. The machine on the receiving end pulsed strongly. The decoder spelled out "RATS" several times. Then, the messages launched into a random limerick. It pronounced rudely, "There was a young fellow of Italy, who diddled the public quite prettily," before launching other quotes. A wireless engineer, Nevil Maskelyn from the Eastern Telegraph Company, set out to prove telegraph messages were not private. They were not.

Someone seriously hacked my Twitter. We are searching for the attackers.

Most people expect Donald Trump to post weird things on Twitter. Things took a strange turn in 2013. An unknown attacker managed totake control of the account.The attacker posted their own messages. One tweet contained Lil Wayne rap lyrics. The message read, "These hoes think they classy, well that's the class I'm skippen."

Trump took back control of the Twitter account three hours later. He announced the search for the perpetrators.

Local news stations use a system for local businesses to announce weather closures. In 2004, a system on North Carolina's News 14had a security flaw.This flaw let students at North Carolina State University post their own messages on the news channel ticker. After a message got approved, anyone could change it without further station interaction. This let students alter the ticker to send rude messages over live TV using messages already approved.

Road signs guide traffic, showing drivers obstacles or construction times. However, they become easy targets to hack.Operators rarely change the system's default password. Even if the password changes, pressing "shift" and "ctrl" then typing "DIPY" resets it to "DOTS."Operators rarely change the system's default password. If the password changes, simply press "shift" and "ctrl," then type "DIPY." This resets the password to "DOTS."

After finding a security flaw in several printers, one expert hijacked over 150,000 in February 2017 to warn the owners. This hack followed an online study showing certain printers let attackers access them over the internet because they keep ports open by default.

One security expert hijacked over 150,000 in February 2017. The expert wanted to warn printer owners about a security flaw. A study showed certain printers let internet attackers access them because devices kept ports open by default.

The hacker exploited this vulnerability to send out messages thatautomatically printed them outThe printer turned on. Some added robot artwork for humor. The hacker showed kindness, however, warning users, "for the love of God please close this port."

If a hacker takes control of a major fast-food restaurant's social media, the next step is often changing the name and photo to that of their biggest rival. This happened to Burger King in February 2013 when an unknown attacker accessed the Twitter account.The attacker accessed the Twitter account.Instead of causing harm, they trolled the account. This produced messages claiming the company sold to McDonald’s and changed the name and picture to match the golden arches.

In 2015, news broke that Lenovo laptops came with Superfish malware pre-installed. Certain groups took revenge using a popular hacking technique called DNS hijacking.Hackers used DNS hijacking.Lizard Squad redirected Lenovo website visitors to a site they controlled. The group plastered the secondary site with pictures of bored teenagers, which Lizard Squad found savage. Songs from High School Musical also played in the background.Songs from High School Musical played in the background.He also played in the background.

Samy Kamkar used a vulnerability on the MySpace website in 2005 to create the fastest spreading virus. The virus infected one million pages of the site within a day. Fortunately, the attack caused no real harm.Those exposed to the virus were forced to send a friend request to Samy’s account and see a message on their page saying, "but most of all, samy is my hero." Those exposed to the virus were forced to send a friend request to Samy’s account and see a message on their page saying, "but most of all, samy is my hero."

Spoilers rank among the most serious internet offenses. Spoilers appear without warning on social media, making them hard to avoid. Stegan Byrd and Wes Eastin made trolling an IRL sport in October 2012 when they hacked road signs.The pair hacked road signs.They replaced traffic updates with movie spoilers, referencing the movie Looper.They referenced the movie Looper.The pair wrote “LOOPER/SPOILER ALERT/BRUCE WILLIS DIES” on the sign to ruin the film for drivers in the Atlanta, GA area.

Britney Spears has been the target of more than one Twitter hack.Britney Spears has been the target of more than one Twitter hack.The most notorious Twitter hack occurred in 2009. An anonymous troll changed her profile to an Illuminati account, making it look like she might be one of them.The anonymous troll changed Britney Spears' profile to an Illuminati account, suggesting she might be a member.Her tweets included messages like, "I give myself to Lucifer every day for it to arrive as quickly as possible. Glory to Satan!" and, "i hope that the new world order will arrive as soon as possible! -Britney".

Her web team removed the tweets, cleaned up her profile, and posted a clarifying tweet. Spears never mentioned the alleged Illuminati time again, but this adds to the conspiracy.