It started as an act of Web site defacement by some anti-capitalist zealots, attacking one of Canada’s largest multinational corporations. You know the kind — they’ve got their fingers in all kinds of business pies, from airplane parts to media content to their own very popular brand of hand sanitizer. So they were ripe for some cyber-sabotage, judging from the overheated invective that appeared scrawled all over the corporate Web site. Things went downhill fast, however, for the information technology specialists on hand trying to clean up the vandalism.
Cyber-Meltdown: Managing the Message When IT Hits the Fan
Posted by: Renay San Miguel November 6, 2009 04:00 AMIt started as an act of Web site defacement by some anti-capitalist zealots, attacking one of Canada’s largest multinational corporations. You know the kind — they’ve got their fingers in all kinds of business pies, from airplane parts to media content to their own very popular brand of hand sanitizer. So they were ripe for some cyber-sabotage, judging from the overheated invective that appeared scrawled all over the corporate Web site. Things went downhill fast, however, for the information technology specialists on hand trying to clean up the vandalism.