Ancient Web: 2600 turned temporary website defacements into

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Its month-by-month index saved hacked pages from 1999 and early 2000, including government sites and familiar software companies. The archive doesn’t endorse the intrusions; it preserves how attackers presented themselves and what public Web security looked like at the time. Incidents that lasted hours became primary-source material because somebody kept copies.

Original archive: https://www.2600.com/hacked_pages/

Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-2600-kept-a-calendar-of-hacked-websites/

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