IP: Hacker posts phony press release -- from Risks

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

[I have suggested in the past that a similar announcement via a hackin at a 
major online news site (or newpaper site) could have interesting results df )


> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 18:57:26 -0500
> From: "Edelson, Doneel" <doneel.edelson () eulergroup com>
> Subject: Hacker posts phony press release
>
> A fake press release announced a merger of Aastrom Biosciences Inc.  with
> Geron Inc., a California biopharmaceutical house.  Aastrom stock fell, while
> Geron rose.  Aastrom asserted that the message on their Website was totally
> bogus, and presumably the result of a penetration.  [Source: United Press
> International - 17 Feb 2000; PGN-ed]