Vincent Arnold

UNITED NATIONS — Computer hackers scrawled anti-American and anti-Israeli messages on several U.N. Web sites over the weekend, exposing serious security holes in the international body’s computer system.

The hackers were able to infiltrate the system, U.N. spokeswoman Michelle Montas said yesterday, by using what she referred to as “pseudonyms.” Their messages were posted on the sites of several U.N.-related agencies, including the page that posts Secretary-General Ban’s speeches. The messages do not represent the secretary-general’s views, Ms. Montas said. Containing no punctuation marks, the messages left on the sites were variations on the following: “Hacked By kerem125 M0sted and Gsy That is CyberProtest Hey Israel and Usa dont kill children and other people Peace for ever No war.”

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