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+-   Fark, Fox, and Hacking? on Friday August 17 2007, @03:03PM circletimessquare

Submitted by circletimessquare on Friday August 17 2007, @03:03PM
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circletimessquare writes "Is there a "Strange" tag on Slashdot? Valleywag.com is reporting that apparently, via a targetted 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 ranges 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 very possible his computer was hacked as well. Whatever the truth, it's a very entertaining read, as it pushes a number of hot button topics."
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