Gawker CMS now hacked: Hacker takes over publishing on Gawker and links to a Pirate Bay file containing their source code, database, and user passwords.

ronworkman:

We have discovered various copies of our source code available for download… We ask you to NOT download this, as this WILL infringe our copyright.

Amazing!

Are they sure about that?

(via ronworkman)

Source: soupsoup

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  1. figurines-maquettes reblogged this from flyonair
  2. thegoodlige reblogged this from ronworkman
  3. semprafi reblogged this from gamejournos and added:
    It begins. Unless it’s a publicity stunt, which wouldn’t be out of line for Gawker.
  4. automatic-bazooti reblogged this from ronworkman
  5. totalinanity reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    Anna, you wanted to know why I don’t like hackers? This shit. How immaturely they react to having an article written...
  6. gamejournos reblogged this from wardrox and added:
    I’m at the theater waiting for Harry Potter to start, and unable to verify this. But! If it’s true it’s worth...
  7. daverosado reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    Weekend Quickies: Gawker Was Very Hacked The link is dead now, but this is a pretty big deal. Gawker’s Commenting System...
  8. wardrox reblogged this from ronworkman and added:
    I’m still erring on the site that it’s a Gawker PR stunt. but only because this is the kind of thing they would do....
  9. cloughlin reblogged this from zadi and added:
    1.5 Million usernames, emails and passwords of Gawker, Gizmodo, Lifehacker hacked.
  10. sronti reblogged this from rugozat
  11. zadi reblogged this from evangotlib
  12. kaiserwilhelm reblogged this from jnomics and added:
    Wiki Leaks thing is going...knock the internet into regulated hell.
  13. jessicawakeman reblogged this from caterpillarcowboy
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  18. therandompragmatist said: This is so rampant on the net these days. It’s funny but the more it happens the more it seems to educate folk’s who don’t have the knowledge about how it’s done. Eventually, typical housewives will know how to hack. When that happens - watch out! :)
  19. caterpillarcowboy reblogged this from evangotlib and added:
    I think Gawker’s only option here is to shutdown the servers and start over. These hackers can, if they haven’t already,...
  20. nhaler reblogged this from ronworkman and added:
    Are they sure about that?
  21. kryptinite reblogged this from ronworkman and added:
    “We protect our data with UNIX Standard hash encryption method crypt(3), which is absolutely 100% impossible to crack.”...
  22. ronworkman reblogged this from soupsoup