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Turkish hackers pose new internet security concerns

Two domain registration organisations have been left red-faced after Turkish hackers managed to crack their systems in a show of defiance.

The two, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) are charged with the responsibility of overseeing the internet's critical routing infrastructure and regulate domain names.

The hackers left a message identifying themselves as NetDevilz, a 'loveable Turkish hacker's group', ICANN researchers admitted.

The taunting message they left said: "You think that you control the domains but you don't! Everybody knows wrong. We control the domains including ICANN! Don't you believe us?"

The hackers are reported to have carried out a similar hacking attack last week on Photobucket Inc. In the latest incident IANA and ICANN traffic was redirected to a new IP adress.

Dutch scientists recently posed security concerns after exposing weaknesses in the Mifare smartcard, which is used by thousands of organisations in the UK including the government.

They hacked into the system and managed to get a day's free ride on the London underground.

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