Mac Rumors’ live Macworld Expo coverage hacked with bogus Steve Jobs’ death notice
Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 12:40 PM ESTMac Rumors' coverage continued with some iPhoto information and, a couple of minutes later, clarified: "Retraction on Steve Jobs comment ... we don't know how that got in our feed. Steve did not die." A moment later, another item appeared: "Oh wait, sorry, Steve did die. Our condolences."
According to The Telegraph's Urmee Khan, "The [Mac Rumors hackers] went on to claim affiliation with 4Chan, a website whose anonymous participants have discussed a number of high-profile online pranks, including attacks on the Church of Scientology and the breach of a Yahoo email account belonging to vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin."
"'Our MacRumorsLive keynote coverage was hacked today, inserting inappropriate content into the text and photo feeds,' an item on Macrumors.com read," Khan reports. 'We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to restore our services.'"
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