macrumors.com - 1/7/2009
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Our MacRumorsLive keynote coverage was hacked today, inserting inappropriate content into the text and photo feeds. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to restore our services. The hack appears to be limited to the MacRumorsLive serv...
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VANITY FAIR: Apples MacWorld Announcements Without the Jargon
MacBytes.com —
... a hub of many in the Apple community suffered a severe and offensive attack today while covering the keynote presentation. This, coupled with ...
MacWorld MacRumors Live Feed Hacked
Elliott C. Back —
... MacRumors apologized for the incident: “Our MacRumorsLive keynote coverage was hacked today, inserting inappropriate content into the text and photo feeds. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to restore our services.” However, it was simply negligence on their part for having a control panel which was publicly accessible rather than some kind of nefarious hack. One of the nicer 4chan readers took this screenshot of it before it was taken offline: ...
Liveblogging the Keynote with Paul Thurrott
Apple Eclectic —
... When it comes to ways to enjoy the Philnote, we Apple fans are really pretty spoiled. While I missed the fun over at MacRumors, I was having a great time following along via Twitter. I particularly enjoyed the play-by-play provided by Paul ‘being a git worked for Dvorak so I’m going to make it work for me’ Thurrott. I’ve reproduced his stream below. Now, if I were a fictional character like the ...
Hackers Attack MacRumors Macworld Keynote Coverage
Cult of Mac —
... In a statement posted about an hour after Macworld Expo opening, the site’s founder Arnold Kim apologized to readers for the attack. ...
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