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Incident: Dandenong Plaza website hacked to show a disturbing image of a clown | Dandenong Journal

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Incident: Dandenong Plaza website hacked to show a disturbing image of a clown | Dandenong Journal

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: March 7 2016

HACKERS have replaced the Dandenong Plaza website home page with a disturbing image of a Christmas-themed clown.

An evacuation at the shopping centre on Saturday was unrelated, a plaza spokeswoman said.

The Turk Hack Team claimed responsibility for the hack in text on the altered home page, which included a black background and a clown in a Christmas hat with bloodied facial scars.

Source: http://dandenong.starcommunity.com.au/journal/2016-03-07/plaza-website-hacked-restored/

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