The hackers succeeded in changing the site’s DNS address, the domain name server managed by NetVision.
Unidentified computer hackers broke into the Prime Minister’s Office Internet site and changed the addresses of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s site, his wife’s and son’s, so they would lead to pornographic and children’s sites.
The Prime Minister’s site is managed by NetVision. Visitors to the site yesterday who typed in the URL bibi.pmo.gov.il found themselves surfing straight to the Internet site of nude magazine "Penthouse".
surfers seeking to visit sara.pmo.gov.il, Sara Netanyahu’s site, found themselves in the nude site for women, "Playgirl Magazine". Those who sought son Yair’s site, arrived at an Israeli children’s site.
The hackers succeeded in changing the site’s DNS address, the domain name server managed by NetVision.
Published by Israel's Business Arena March 10, 1998