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7th April 2010
PUNCKNOWLE: Hackers target village web siteTurkish nationalists invade Puncknowle's homepage By Paul Crompton INTERNATIONAL hackers promoting Turkish nationalism have left residents in a sleepy West Dorset village bemused after hijacking their web site. Residents of Puncknowle were surprised to find their web site, www.puncknowle.net, which showcases the village to potential tourists, was taken over by a group calling themselves the “1923 Turk-Grup”. A holding page has since been installed after the View From told the village’s newly formed Puncknowle and Swyre Web Development Group of the breach in security. The web site, which costs £25 every two years in rental for the domain name, is accessible three different ways, with the parishes of Swyre and West Bexington also affected. Chair of Puncknowle Parish Council and member of the web group Tony Edwards said: “I’m both pleased and grateful the View From has told us about this because someone has hacked into our server, which covers several community web sites. “It’s appalling that the web site can be hijacked in this manner without any clear idea who has done it. It will be investigated how this could have occurred. I’ve not seen this before. “It has a very negative consequence for the social and leisure industry of this area. It’s hard to gauge the impact it would have on tourism. It must have some affect but the scale I wouldn’t know.” A spokesman for Dorset Police said because the substituted material was not especially offensive, nor could the hacker make any financial gain, they were not be in a position to investigate unless further evidence came to light. The village’s web-hosting provider confirmed the breach arose through someone hacking in using the administrative password for editing content. Mr Edwards had last inspected the web site in the middle of March just before a meeting of the Puncknowle and Swyre Web Development Group, which met on February 16th to discuss plans for the site. The hijacked site featured the refrain: “We are unbearing our Dardanelle Martyres in its 95. Anniversary.” A link then took you onto www.1923turk.com Mr Edwards said: “The reason for this is that the security of our domains has been breached by a hacker who replaced our community information with a single page promoting a ‘cause.’ “It is useless to speculate who might have executed this ‘vandalism’ - whether someone with a grievance targeting this community specifically or some smartie looking to ruin others’ information.” PHOTO TURKISH HACKERS: How the page looked after the site was hacked 
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