...because Joomla.org was the target of these attacks too:

"This morning, Joomla.org was defaced a few hours after releasing our new 
design. This is not a new security issue, but only poor system administration 
practices on our part.
When we updated our Web sites with the Joomla 1.5.6 security fix released 
yesterday, we simply forgot to update one of our small, non-public development 
sites.
 
Now, we could offer many excuses why it was overlooked—we were focused on 
fixing this vulnerability, creating the packages, and getting the word out. But 
the truth is, there is no excuse."
--clip--

http://www.joomla.org/announcements/general-news/5202-why-you-should-upgrade-to-joomla-156.html

If you are not familiar with this case check CVE-2008-3681
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-3681

And the download link:  http://www.joomla.org/download.html

Juha-Matti

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