Brindy’s Blog

I'm sure most readers will be aware of the plight of hacker Gary McKinnon, the guy who hacked some US government computers, left messages and allegedly corrupted some data all in the name of seeking the truth about UFOs.  Sounds like a crazy thing to do and it is, a bit - the guy has Asperger Syndrome, which is a form of autism a kin to obsessive compulsive disorder.  He's due to be shipped off to America for torture and eventual imprisonment and probably gang rape because the UK government has no back-bone.

Apparently the computers he 'hacked' were only secured with Microsoft's most basic levels of protection and a set of default passwords, making me wonder why the person in charge of IT isn't being held responsible rather than Mr McKinnon.

Anyway, all that got me thinking - if people had access to a secure website, that they surely knew they shouldn't be accessing, would they go in anyway?

So I setup a site:

As you can see, it clearly states 'do not press this button' - I posted the link in to the public domain telling people not to access the site or press the button.

The results were interesting - I got about 40 hits over a 3 week period.  Of those 40 hits only 6 people clicked the button.  Every time the button is clicked I get an email with the IP address of the person who clicked the button allowing me to see where in the world they are from.  Of the 40 hits, only 6 people clicked the button.  One was from the UK, another one from Italy and four from America - the break down of the total was hits was 50% UK, 30% America and the rest random places in the world.

I immediately emailed the ISPs of all 6 'hacking attempts' on my website, but received no response from any of them.

Conclusion : I still haven't come to any, but feel free to let me know yours.