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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Reporters use Google, find breach,
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Thu May 23 02:02:11 2013
Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 22:35:04 -0700
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Reporters use Google, find breach, get branded as "hackers"
http://j.mp/10onoVP (ars technica)
However, Vcare and the two telecom companies assert that the reporters
"hacked" their way into the data using "automated" methods to access
the data. And what was this malicious hacking tool that penetrated the
security of Vcare's servers? In a letter sent to Scripps News by
Jonathan D. Lee, counsel for both of the cell carriers, Lee said that
Vcare's research had shown that the reporters were "using the 'Wget'
program to search for and download the Companies' confidential data."
GNU Wget is a free and open source tool used for batch downloads over
HTTP and FTP. Lee claimed Vcare's investigation found the files were
bulk-downloaded via two Scripps IP addresses.
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Ah yes -- wget -- more dangerous to mankind than General Zod!
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