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Reuters' blogging platform hacked (again), company stays mum on the attack


From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 05:07:05 -0500 (CDT)

http://thenextweb.com/media/2012/08/15/reuters-blogging-platform-hacked-again-company-stays-mum-attack/

By Brad McCarty
The Next Web
15th August 2012

For the second time in as many weeks, international news magnate Reuters has had its blogging platform hacked. This time a story of a Saudi foreign minister’s death appeared and was quickly pulled.

Though it’s interesting, as some are now saying that legitimate articles are written in such a way that they appear to have been part of the attack.

We’ve verified the legitimacy of the article, but here’s a screenshot so you can see how someone might be confused.

The company has seen a rash of security missteps lately, having its Twitter account hacked only a few days ago.

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