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Hacker Tinkering With Yahoo Stories
Lifter writes "A hacker named Adrian Lamo had access for three weeks to the web-based content control system for Yahoo!'s news section, according to a story at SecurityFocus. He tinkered with a couple of stories without anyone noticing, then edited an August Reuters story about Dmitry Sklyarov, so that it said that Dmitry's program raised "the haunting specter of inner-city minorities with unrestricted access to literature, and through literature, hope." He also added a quote by John Ashcroft,"They shall not overcome. Whoever told them that the truth shall set them free was obviously and grossly unfamiliar with federal law." Funny stuff in itself, but the SecurityFocus story explores the harm that could come from a trusted news site being easily hacked in these times."
I've been getting spam that claims to be from Yahoo today. It seems to originate with a site whose front page says "this site is under construction.... ".
Here's the entirety:
Click these links to see recent news and up to the minute stats:
Current link
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ivoc.ob&d=v1
52 week link
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ivoc.ob&d=c&k=c4
Please FWD this email to your associates of similar interests..... Sorry for any
intrusions.
Disclaimer: Neither Corporate America nor the writers of this communique makes
specific trading recommendations or gives individualized market advice.
Information contained in this newsletter is provided as an information service
only. Corporate America recommends that you get personal advice from an
investment professional before buying or selling stocks or other securities. The
securities markets are highly speculative areas for investments and only you can
determine what level of risk is appropriate for you. Although Corporate America
obtains the information reported herein from sources that it deems reliable, no
warranty can be given as to the accuracy or completeness of any of the
information provided or as to the results obtained by individuals using such
information. In no way should this be construed as a recommendation to buy or
sell a particular security.
Not Interested: http://www.cyberxworld.com/cleanlist.html
Now this is a first post!!
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I can't believe an A/C deserves a 6.
Lost at C:> Found at C.
Lost at C:>. Found at C.