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Hackers hit government wiki

So this is what happens when the government tries to use new technology. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs was left with egg on its face when proposals published in an online wiki were 'edited' by a number of hackers.

The website was eventually taken down after 170 people made 'additions'.

September 7, 2006 |

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