The 'hacker' left the following message: " I think I speak for everyone out there (the entire planet), when I say you guys need to get your collective asses in gear with the price of crude, we really need to focus on the poverty-stricken countries, who don't even have enough money for asprin, let alone exorbidant prices for heating oil. I think the lives of children are paramount to your profits. Thanks for listening -fluxnyne"

here you can find an image of the defaced website: http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2000/09/12/www.opec.org/

-- hzlz (mph@netbox.org), September 13, 2000