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Vandals post fake stories on Lawrence paper's site
From: InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 00:26:29 -0600 (CST)
http://business.bostonherald.com/technologyNews/view.bg?articleid=121125 By Dave Wedge and O'Ryan Johnson January 13, 2006 A cyber vandal broke into a Lawrence newspaper's Web site yesterday, posting sexist phony news stories about a former female employee. The articles about the ex-reporter appeared in the business section of the Eagle-Tribune's site but were taken down after they were discovered. The Eagle-Tribune Publishing Co. issued a brief statement last night regarding the flap but declined to answer questions. "The site was compromised," the statement read. "We took it down immediately and are investigating." The Web site breach comes just days after an attempt by workers to join a national newspaper union failed in an employee vote. Management bitterly opposed the bid by workers to make the privately-owned paper a union shop. The ex-reporter involved said last night that she was aware the material was posted and that she was seeking answers from the newspaper. _________________________________ InfoSec News v2.0 - Coming Soon! http://www.infosecnews.org
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