A call for online vandals to take part in a Web site defacement contest has some companies warning clients to beware over the US holiday weekend.
A US$5,000 prize was still up for grabs on Thursday afternoon, after no-one managed to crack into VIA Technologies' new StrongBox system. But all could change by the weekend.
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A call for online vandals to take part in a Web site defacement contest has some companies warning clients to beware over the US holiday weekend.
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