Politics Can Be Dangerous

There is something kind of funny about this story.

A Republican Party Web site has been hacked, and for some time it has been spreading a variation of the long-running Storm Trojan horse to vulnerable visitors, a security researcher said Friday.

This is the first time that Storm has taken to the Web for its victims, said Dan Hubbard, head of research at San Diego-based Websense Inc. “The big news is that Storm has added infecting sites to its arsenal,” said Hubbard.

Storm debuted in January but only cracked the top malware lists early this summer, and has become infamous for its ability to adapt its infection strategies.

I know there’s a joke there somewhere, I just haven’t found it yet. If it’s not a joke, then I need to undergo some drug rehabilitation right quick.