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| author | luxagraf <sng@luxagraf.net> | 2019-05-04 15:48:55 -0500 |
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| committer | luxagraf <sng@luxagraf.net> | 2019-05-04 15:48:55 -0500 |
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archived all the stuff from freelancing for wired
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diff --git a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Tue/piratebayhacked.txt b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Tue/piratebayhacked.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 8ed773a..0000000 --- a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Tue/piratebayhacked.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,18 +0,0 @@ -The popular torrent tracking site Pirate Bay was recently hacked and the attackers made off with a copy of The Pirate Bay's 1.6 million usernames and passwords. Luckily for The Pirate Bay and its users, the database was encrypted. - -[According to Pirate Bay][1] co-founder, Peter Sunde, the attackers "got a copy of all the user names and the encrypted passwords but they couldn't crack it." - -Sunde [spoke the Register][2] by phone, saying: - ->"There was a stupid coding error and they found a hole in the blog software which they exploited through a SQL injection" -... - ->"As soon as they put it onto the net, I rang them up and let them know we knew who'd done it. They told us they got a copy of all the user names and the encrypted passwords but they couldn't crack it." -... - ->"They realized they had done something stupid and disposed of all the data." - -The Pirate Bay has since patched the flaw in their software. Still, it wouldn't be a bad idea to change your password if you have an account with The Pirate Bay. - -[1]: http://thepiratebay.org/blog/68 "User data stolen but not unsecured" -[2]: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39604 "Pirate Bay says stolen database safe"
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