Monday, January 23, 2006
Hackers deface Islamorada Village Webpage
When Sue Miller signed onto her computer Wednesday morning and visited the Islamorada government Web site, she expected to see ordinances, meeting schedules and information on the Village Council. Instead, after linking off the home page, she encountered a different scene. "I saw a Web site that was all dark colors, lots of greens and browns, and it had across the top 'Iranian Hackers' in big print," she said. "At the bottom it had a rolling message. The first thing I saw was 'Kill Bush.'"
Miller called Islamorada Communications Coordinator Stu Bautz, who quickly disabled the site. The incident, Bautz said, emanated from a global hacker contest in which participants vie to see how many Web sites they can deface. Islamorada's Web site was hacked into by an entity that calls itself DiYarbakir Holy Team, which, according to the hacking contest Web site, has broken into more the 2,100 sites since joining the competition. Bautz said he didn't see the anti-Bush epithet before disabling the Web site, but he was familiar with the DiYarbakir emblem.
He thought he had resolved the problem Thursday, but when the DiYarbakir message popped up again, he realized the repairs could not be handled in-house. The hacking was not directed specifically at the village's site, he said. Rather, it began with an attack on the Windows 2003 operating systems and filtered down through Islamorada's Web host, Essential Net Solutions of Melbourne.
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Miller called Islamorada Communications Coordinator Stu Bautz, who quickly disabled the site. The incident, Bautz said, emanated from a global hacker contest in which participants vie to see how many Web sites they can deface. Islamorada's Web site was hacked into by an entity that calls itself DiYarbakir Holy Team, which, according to the hacking contest Web site, has broken into more the 2,100 sites since joining the competition. Bautz said he didn't see the anti-Bush epithet before disabling the Web site, but he was familiar with the DiYarbakir emblem.
He thought he had resolved the problem Thursday, but when the DiYarbakir message popped up again, he realized the repairs could not be handled in-house. The hacking was not directed specifically at the village's site, he said. Rather, it began with an attack on the Windows 2003 operating systems and filtered down through Islamorada's Web host, Essential Net Solutions of Melbourne.
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Saturday, January 14, 2006
Marina-Redevelopment Moratorium in Islamorada SUNK
The possibility of a marina-redevelopment moratorium in Islamorada sank like a stone Thursday. Council members, apparently assured by the new Holiday Isle Resort and Marina owners that the business does not plan to evict its charter-fishing fleet, said a moratorium on changing “working waterfront” was not needed.
“The net loss of [charter-fishing] slips is zero. We haven't lost one,” Councilman Mike Forster said. “For us to put regulations on now, it's too soon.” A “gloom and doom” scenario of losing charter-fishing docks in Islamorada, “the sportfishing capital of the world,” to condominium development is overblown, council members said.
“It is a property-right issue,” Councilwoman Patty Schmidt said. The community may be able to preserve commercial dockage by enacting property-tax incentives, she added.
Councilman Michael Reckwerdt said he agrees that incentives are preferable to regulation. Islamorada and the Keys are changing, Councilman Chris Sante said, “but I don't believe the doom and gloom is as bad as [some] think.”
Several charter captains and others in the tourism worried that Holiday Isle's sale could bring wholesale changes and a loss of fishing fleet. Mayor Bob Johnson said he would support a waterfront moratorium, “but I can count.” Council members asked staff to see what other waterfront communities are doing to preserve public access and commercial docks.
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“The net loss of [charter-fishing] slips is zero. We haven't lost one,” Councilman Mike Forster said. “For us to put regulations on now, it's too soon.” A “gloom and doom” scenario of losing charter-fishing docks in Islamorada, “the sportfishing capital of the world,” to condominium development is overblown, council members said.
“It is a property-right issue,” Councilwoman Patty Schmidt said. The community may be able to preserve commercial dockage by enacting property-tax incentives, she added.
Councilman Michael Reckwerdt said he agrees that incentives are preferable to regulation. Islamorada and the Keys are changing, Councilman Chris Sante said, “but I don't believe the doom and gloom is as bad as [some] think.”
Several charter captains and others in the tourism worried that Holiday Isle's sale could bring wholesale changes and a loss of fishing fleet. Mayor Bob Johnson said he would support a waterfront moratorium, “but I can count.” Council members asked staff to see what other waterfront communities are doing to preserve public access and commercial docks.
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