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Your Moment of Zen, Mr Stewart: Donald Trump's corporate website hacked to thank Jon Stewart

FP Staff August 10, 2015, 18:22:29 IST

Donald Trump’s website hacked to thank comedian Jon Stewart for his work.

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Your Moment of Zen, Mr Stewart: Donald Trump's corporate website hacked to thank Jon Stewart

In the end, the most fitting tribute to Jon Stewart departing The Daily Show came not from a friend or colleague, but from an anonymous fan. [caption id=“attachment_2386498” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Jon Stewart and Donald Trump Jon Stewart and Donald Trump[/caption] Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s corporate website, Trump.com, was hacked in a cyberattack on Monday, but the objective of the hacking was not to cause any harm to the website, but to send a thank you note to Stewart from the Trump servers, reports the Boston Globe . Hackread reports that the hacking was carried out by the twitter user(s) behind @TelecomixCanada . TelecomixCanada posted a news release on pastebin.com explaining what it had done and pointing out that no harm was done to the server, reports Politico . According to CBC News , the letter was live since early Saturday. It was taken down on Monday afternoon. The message, titled ‘Your Moment of Zen, Mr Stewart’, read, “Mr Stewart, we at @TelecomixCanada would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the many happy years of quality journalism and entertainment you and your team have undertaken at Comedy Central. Know, Sir, that your steadfast dedication to the irony and power of Truth has inspired a generation which we ourselves now serve.” The letter ends with note to Trump, ““Well that’s about it, other than to join you all in celebrating America’s first openly Ass**le Presidential Candidate. Godspeed Mr. Trump.” Read the full letter from an archived version here .

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