Hacker vandalizes Microsoft site

TechWeb | at | by Mike

A Microsoft France Web site was hacked and defaced Sunday, and as of Monday, it remained offline. A U.S. security organization said that it had received reports of a previously unknown vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Information Services 6.0 server software that may have been used by the hackers.

The Microsoft site -- experts.microsoft.fr -- was defaced with "HACK!" and "Your System OwNed By Turkish Hackers!" Mid-day Monday, the site was unavailable.

The SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center also tentatively tied the defacement with talk of a zero-day exploit against IIS 6.0.