Gawker, rear to pop blogs every bit Gizmodo, Lifehacker, Jezebel, in addition to ValleyWag, was caught amongst its pants downward around its ankles piece wearing clown makeup subsequently a hacker grouping calling itself Gnosis took over the site.
Among other things, Gnosis took Gawker's source code in addition to posted it on torrent sites, hacked into Gawker's content management system, in addition to posted a bogus even out on the Gawker abode page linking dorsum to the source code torrents. That was merely for starters. The grouping also broke into the site's database, gaining access to electronic mail addresses in addition to passwords for all of Gawker's staffers in addition to to a greater extent than than 1 1000000 readers who'd registered amongst the site. These every bit good institute their way onto pirate torrent sites, costless for the download.
Why is Gnosis picking on Gawker? Because it idea Gawker was picking on 4chan, the grouping of digital delinquents that spawned the vigilante grouping Anonymous, every bit good every bit almost of the Internet memes that choose annoyed people for the final decade, such every bit lolcatz in addition to Rickrolling.
In fact, Gnosis hacked Gawker's internal chat software in addition to shared this picayune snippet of internal dialog amidst the site's staffers subsequently 4chan launched a DDoS assail against Gawker final July [some cloth removed]:
Maureen O. it appears that at that spot is dissent amidst the 4channers every bit to whether 4chan's assail on us way 4chan is misfortunate in addition to unscary now.
Hamilton N.be sure to signal out that they are dorks for doing that.
Brian M. The headeline of your post should survive "Suck on This, 4Chan"
Maureen O. I similar the telephone cry upward to brand today Everybody Write About 4chan Day
Hamilton N. Nick Denton Says Bring It On 4Chan, Right to My Home Address (After The Jump)
Ryan T. We Are Not Scared of 4chan Here at 210 Elizabeth St NY NY 10012
There's a lot of tranquillity chuckling going on across the Webbernets today. Gawker, which obviously aspires to survive the National Enquirer of Web publishing, seems willing to practise virtually anything to generate Web traffic, including pay $5,000 for purloined iPhone epitome in addition to an unknown amount for a sleazy concern human relationship of a one-night stand upward amongst a would-be U.S. of A. Senator. And that's merely the rattling curt listing of Gawker media crimes. They're non the almost sympathetic victims.
Their readers are a dissimilar story. They sure as shooting didn't deserve this, in addition to what may follow could survive far worse than the master attack. This listing of hacked logons includes dozens of members amongst U.S. of A. authorities electronic mail addresses, such every bit folks at the FDA, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NASA, National Institutes of Health, the U.S. of A. Congress, several solid ground governments, in addition to the Department of Homeland Security, to refer but a few.
If these folks, similar many people, operate the same logons in addition to passwords across the Internet, whoever downloads this information could choose the keys to the proverbial kingdom. One hopes they're all paying attending to this scandal in addition to know plenty to alter whatever passwords that gibe the ones they used on Gawker. I don't await we've heard the final of this past times a long shot.
On the other hand, this whole hacking scandal could merely survive some other vivid Gawker ploy to larn traffic. They mightiness choose fifty-fifty paid Gnosis to practise it. Given how Gawker has operated inward the past, it's non alone exterior the realm of possibility. In which representative all I tin tell is, way to cash inward one's chips Nick!
The bigger point: It seems lately that hacking has larn the geek leisure action of choice. That's non skilful tidings for whatever of us.
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