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WHID 2009-10: MacRumorsLive feed hack

Updated: 
27 January 2009
Attack Information
WHID ID: 
2009-10
Date Occured: 
7 Jan 2009
Attack Method: 
Attack Method: 
Outcome Information
Outcome: 
Target Information
Attacked Entity Field: 
Media
Attacked Entity Geography: 
USA

It seems that if the worse thing that can happen to hackers is a real accident to Apple's CEO Steve Jobs. The number of hacks devoted to informing us about his fictitious accidents is just overwhelming. In this case AnantaSec reports a hack into Mac Rumors feed that was possible simply because a file with the administrator password was laying around accessible to anyone due to an administration error.