Report: Fark.com accuses local TV site of hacking
Cory Bergman August 17th, 2007
According to a post on the Silicon Valley gossip blog ValleyWag, Fark.com founder Drew Curtis says he’s “99 percent sure” that someone at WHBQ Fox 13 attempted to hack into his website’s servers. Here’s the comment thread on Fark.
Update: “Grab” mentions in comments that WHBQ just built OnMemphis, a cool blog aggregator. He writes, “In defense of the person involved, you (as in Lost Remote) just featured a site he built as ‘an example of what’s right’ with TV and the web. I just hope and imagine this is a big misunderstanding.”
True enough, the way Drew describes the “attack,” it sounds very unlikely.
4 Comments Add your own
1. tdc | August 17th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
gotta love that link to WHBQ, cory.
how timely.
i would have expected it from Safran, but you too?
2. grab | August 17th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
In defense of the person involved, you (as in Lost Remote) just featured a site he built as “an example of what’s right” with TV and the web. I just hope and imagine this is a big misunderstanding.
3. haha | August 17th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
The methods described are not at all unlikely, in fact they are the most likely for a person who doesn’t know much about web infrastructure and network security.
There are shady websites out there that sell programs that effectively produce basic Trojans for such purposes. People typically use them on an ex-lover, spouse they suspect is cheating or business partner.
This type of stuff happens all the time. This is why it’s critical no matter how small your business that you have good security measures. No easier way to ruin your business than to have a security breach. Especially if personal information is involved.
4. Roznovat Alexandru | August 22nd, 2007 at 12:19 pm
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