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Wikipedia Hoax Author Confesses

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the fact-or-fiction dept.

cmholm writes "As reported in The Seattle Times, Nashville resident Brian Chase has publically admitted that he edited a Wikipedia entry for John Seigenthaler, making appear that Mr. Seigenthaler was involved in the assassination of JFK. Mr. Chase fessed up after a cyber-sleuth tracked down the business from which he had posted to Wikipedia."

4 of 377 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Cybersleuth, indeed by tomstdenis · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How is this any different from "DVD Jon" or the earlier Mitnick bullshit?

    Hackerextraordinaire indeed.

    Tom

    --
    Someday, I'll have a real sig.
  2. Re:Uhm by zarozarozaro · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You mean a Wikipedia article may not *sarcastic gasp* be accurate?

  3. Re:I am Mr. Cyber-Sleuth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Oh please! Give me a break, Mr. Brandt... what you did was nothing more than a traceroute along with a social engineering twist. And besides, if it wasn't for the fact that you didn't like your own entry on Wikipedia with such a flaming hatred for anyone who spoke against you, you would probably have tried to defend the hoaxer instead of tracking him down.

    I'm sorry, Mr. Brandt. I am not impressed with your actions at all. I personally used to think of you as a privacy advocate; now with http://www.wikipedia-watch.org/hivemind.html and additionally this I think you no longer qualify as a privacy advocate. I think you're more like a shark who smells blood in the water.

  4. Re:I am Mr. Cyber-Sleuth by ceejayoz · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well, that makes some of your older comments entertaining.

    "It's primarily Google's fault, according to http://www.wikipedia-watch.org/"
      becomes
    "It's primarily Google's fault, according to me."

    et cetera...

    I am no genius.

    That much is readily apparent.