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Reuters Accused Of Hacking For Typing In URL

Posted by timothy on from the permission-granted-or-denied dept.

Aexia writes "Intentia International, a company in Sweden, is suing Reuters for publishing an earnings report posted on their website prior to its official release. The catch? The report couldn't be accessed through 'normal channels', you had to know, or guess, what address to type in order to retrieve it. The precedent this case sets will be interesting. If you don't use a hyperlink on a website, are you committing a crime? You can also read Intentia's take on the situation."

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  1. mandatory pr0n reference by stud9920 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well I do it all the time when browsing pr0n. Suppose you have an url like this one : http://www.hotteenchick.com/free/tgp/melanie08/mel anie08.html,
    it doens't take long to figure out where the other pics are.

    1. Re:mandatory pr0n reference by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Am I the only one who tried this URL?

    2. Re:mandatory pr0n reference by Lev13than · · Score: 4, Funny

      Looks like it's been /.'d already...

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  2. Confidence by Znork · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The incident has severely damaged confidence in us as individuals and in Intentia as a company," says Björn Algkvist, CEO of Intentia International AB."

    Um, yeah. If you cant tell the difference between 'storing confidential data in an access controlled place on your internal network' and 'storing confidential data on an open-for-all external site' it sure will damage my confidence in Intentia as a company. Incompetent is a fairly fitting description.

    1. Re:Confidence by trezor · · Score: 5, Funny

      From Intentia's homepage, as in -the- front page:

      • Our mission is to pursue the perfect partnership, providing security in our customers' transformation to collaborative business models.
      Did anyone say -security-? This is really hilariuos :)
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  3. Re:What the law says: by mshiltonj · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, it's quite straightforward really - if they can prove Reuters knew they weren't supposed to be looking at that material, then if the access was from the UK, a crime was committed.

    You are not authorized to follow this hyperlink without first obtained written permission from me.

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  4. Company philosophy by rovingeyes · · Score: 5, Funny
    From their website :

    Our vision is to become the leading global collaboration solutions vendor by supplying our customers with tomorrow's solutions today.

    Well as I see it Reuters only kept in line with their philosophy. So why are they pissed?

  5. And in further news... by Fex303 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...a script kiddie managed to hack into Hotmail's servers using a widely distributed hacking tool known as "Internet Explorer". The hacker typed the "URL" into the "Address Bar" and gained access to the site.

    From here, the hacker sent emails to a number of associates which read: "| 4m teh 1337 |-|aX0R!!!!!1 j00 4LL ArE Cr4P!!!"

    "Frankly, we're shocked," said one Hotmail employee. "Who would have thought that URL's would give access to sites on the interweb?" he continued before returning to his task of spamming Hotmail's users.

    The FBI are investigating the hacker, rumoured to be in junior high, as well as the distributor of the hacking software, a small company known as MicroSoft, already known for flouting the law. Updates as they come to hand.