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Fake E-Mail Results in Angry Apple Shareholders

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the solid-gold-stock-tips-buy-buy-buy dept.

drhamad writes "Apple stock dropped 2.2% today in mid-afternoon trading as Engadget published news based on a faked e-mail inside Apple. 'Apparently an internal memo was sent to several Apple employees--and forwarded to Engadget--around 9am CT today saying that Apple issued a press release with the news that the iPhone was now scheduled for October, and Leopard was delayed until January. About an hour and a half after that e-mail went out, a second e-mail was sent--this time officially from Apple--saying the first e-mail was a fake, and that the delivery schedule for the iPhone and Leopard had not changed.'"

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  1. Testing the waters? by aichpvee · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Who else thinks they're running behind and wanted to see if they could push back the releases without scaring the sheep?

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    1. Re:Testing the waters? by IAmTheDave · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Actually, who else thinks this was a ploy to find out who's leaking internal information? Narrow it down to a suspect, add in some known faithful employees, and send the "fake" press release.

      Engadget gets it... internal leak... plugged?

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  2. Looks like they are flushing out folks by msew · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Looks like they are flushing out folks who forward internal emails. Send to a few people and see if the fake news gets out. Binary search in action!