Pubdate: Wed, 29 Dec 1999
Source: Reuters
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HACKERS CROSS-DRESS GERMAN POLICE INTERNET SITE 

HAMBURG, Germany, Dec 29 (Reuters) - A computer hacker turned a staid
German police Internet page into a site promoting marijuana and
pleasure toys for sadists, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

``I don't find this funny at all,'' said Adalbert Halt, a spokesman
for the police union in the German state of Hessen whose site was altered.

The hacker, whose identity is unknown, changed information about the
regional police offered on the Web site to advertise a ``marijuana
cafe'' and a ``sado shop.''

Police undid the changes later in the day. 
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