Some might consider this a small issue.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT. From the links provided above, the Hacker has successfully "Attacked the goverment websites of Uruguay, Germany, Holland, China, Ethiopia and most recently the website of the Philippines". And now Nigeria. While some hacking might not be destructive, some could be disastrous. We need to start asking ourselves the following questions:
- What level of Information Security is available on the CSCS system? (Remember, this is a 'close to government institution")
- What level of back up is done by CSCS in case of deep penetration/damage by hacking?
- What recovery measures are in place?
- Is CSCS fully aware of the damage that can be done by hacking?
- Is CSCS also considering the negative international publicity that this gives to foreign investors knowing that this important website could be hacked into?
- I know some other major sites have been hacked into, but people will looking at the recovery/reaction time and how this is treated by CSCS. Will they consider this an important issue?
I am not a Computer Guru. I imploy Computer Gurus to contribute to this and state the full impacts of hacking.