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Hacker Spoofs Track Plays To Top Music Charts

mask.of.sanity writes "Stand aside P!nk, Niki Minaj; you've just been beaten by a music generator. One Aussie security expert curious about the fraud mechanisms at play on streaming services like Spotify uploaded garbage music tracks and directed three Amazon virtual machines to click the play button 24/7 for a month, earning him top spot in online music charts and $1000 in royalties."

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  1. Re:Beaten by a music generator? by spokenoise · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yep, all your tunes are belong to us!

  2. Re:Beaten by a music generator? by 91degrees · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hi grandpa. I think what you meant to say was "It's just noise! It all sounds the same and I can't understand the lyrics. And get of my damn lawn!"

  3. OMG by Big+Hairy+Ian · · Score: 3, Funny

    What's James Blunt going to do now?????

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  4. Re:Beaten by a music generator? by They'reComingToTakeM · · Score: 5, Funny

    His name is spelt "Simon Cowell". It's just pronounced ARSE.

  5. Re:Noun, verb, noun noun verb (or: terrible headli by wvmarle · · Score: 4, Funny

    Learning reading comprehension helps, too. No issues for me understanding what they meant with that headline. And I'm not even a native English speaker.

    Now if it were a sentence like "buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo" I'd understand your problem with it.

  6. Re:Beaten by a music generator? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jim Steinman wrote Meatloaf's best work, but Jim Steinman wasn't twelve people.

    Proof that you're wrong:

    * "Jim Steinman" is twelve characters.

    * Most people in the music industry could be described as "characters".

    * Therefore "Jim Steinman" is twelve people in the music industry.

  7. Re:Still calling himself a hacker by realityimpaired · · Score: 4, Funny

    Since music was involved, would that make him a smooth criminal?

  8. Re:Only Happy When It Rains? by jones_supa · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ditto. Garbage is an excellent band. :)

  9. Re:Beaten by a music generator? by Kozz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Jim Steinman wrote Meatloaf's best work, but Jim Steinman wasn't twelve people.

    Proof that you're wrong:

    * "Jim Steinman" is twelve characters.

    * Most people in the music industry could be described as "characters".

    * Therefore "Jim Steinman" is twelve people in the music industry.

    I thought the first impossible phrase that jumped out at me was "Meatloaf's best work".

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