The web site of the UK's Human Genetics Commission was recently defaced by Iranian activists.

"Quite why the Sun Army defaced the Human Genetics Commission website with digital graffiti is not immediately clear, but Jason Hart -- senior European VP of CryptoCard, the security firm that brought the hack to our attention -- said that in 'order to deface the site they [the hackers] would have had to get admin access,'" writes The Register's John Leyden.

"Following the attack, the Human Genetics Commission web site was restored to normal operation by Wednesday afternoon," Leyden writes.

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