A hacker who goes by the screen names “netsaosa” and “g0retrance” got into the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) website on Monday and posted “pwned,” briefly derailing the release of the MIAA’s official statewide brackets for state tournament games.
Reporters noted the delay before MassLive.com’s Meredith Perri realized the site was compromised.
A pop-up in front of the site redirected users to a Twitter account for g0retrance. At the bottom of the page, underneath the word “pwned,” g0retrance left the message, “should have listened to my emails instead of ignoring me … don’t worry, this is harmless. just to get ur attention :)”