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Hackers leave Gates with pie on his face, again

By: Agencies    
You don't get anywhere in business without making some enemies, as Bill Gates found today when the portal of Microsoft news website MSN in New Zealand was attacked by hackers.

Pied piper: Bill Gates with pie on his face in 1998

They rerouted visitors to an image of the Microsoft founder with pie on his face.

The previous targets of Peace Crew, a loosely-affiliated group of hackers, have included the BBC, NATO, Harvard University and NBA websites, with their motivations largely believed to be political.

In the case of the MSN New Zealand website, they posted messages reading "STOP THE WAR ISRAEL".

The image was taken in 1998 when Gates was hit with a pie by French anarchist Paul Godin.
MSN responded saying, they were working to resolve the matter as quickly as possible.
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