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Fox Hacks Fark
circletimessquare writes "Valleywag.com is reporting on a case of a hacker not covering his tracks. It seems that, via a targeted email, an admin at Fark.com downloaded a trojan, which was used to steal passwords for Fark servers. Notably, these activities were traced to an IP address in Memphis Tennessee, and to a Fox News new-media reporter. As to the veracity of the story, that is bolstered by the fact that the story was greenlit for the front page of Fark. Motive? That could range from Fark being a rumored Fox takeover target, to stealing source code for a competing Fox social networking site. If the story is true, laws have been broken, but perhaps not by the Fox News reporter: it's possible his computer was hacked as well. Whatever the truth, it's a very entertaining read, as it pushes a number of hot buttons."
Fox is an internet hate machine.
Maybe fox can do a report on themselves now. Investigative journalism hits a new low. And I'm not quite sure the "it's for an article excuse will fly this time"
Fox News Reporter == Journalist?
Well, actually, even my own biased opinion wouldn't label most Fox employees as 'not journalists' - but everytime I consider the Fox news network as a whole, I just can't think of it as a news network.
Ryan Fenton
When you're done clearing your throat, mind telling us what the title of the story is?
Done with slashdot, done with nerds, getting a life.
He just wanted a catchy on-air slogan for when he jumped back over to the local NBC affiliate.
"Darrell Phillips... HACK-tion News 5!"
Thanks to the War on Drugs, it's easier to buy meth than it is to buy cold medicine!
Absolutely... obviously the Wall Street Journal was just a stepping stone before moving on Fark for Rupert Murdock... someone should be asking what did Karl Rove know and when did he know it? Perhaps this is why he suddenly resigned.
Probably not a good idean to say that out loud three times quickly in front of the kids.
Undead Ed
Come on. Who hasn't hacked fark?
Err... I mean... yeah... this is terrible. Terrible I tell you.
Dedicated Cthulhu Cultist since 4523 BC.
He'll get over it. /last post
"Hoooney, come upstairs for dinner! I made meatloaf..."
"Not now Mom, I'm CALLING PEOPLE FUCKTARDS ON THE INTERNET!!"
"In the game of life, someone always has to lose. To me, if life were fair, that someone would always be Oklahoma." -DKR
Paypal would inform him right away if his account had been compromised. In fact, this happened to me and paypal informed me in an email; the email had a link to a website where I could enter my paypal password and fix the problem.
I'm not sure where all my money went though.
Slashdot had better be on the lookout. Somebody might send CmdrTaco a trojan in an attempt to steal the Slashcode!
My God, it's Full of Source!
OUTSIDE_IP=$(dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net)