MySpace Hack - So Easy....
Threat Level/Wired reported ("MySpace Bug Leaks Private Teen Photos to Voyeurs") on a widely known way to access private profiles on MySpace. Many of the photos so purloined showed up on BitTorrent (Wired).
Threat Level talks to the person allegedly responsible for the "MySpace Photo Torrent". (NB: I see "contempt of court" in Kevin Poulsen's future. He conducted the email interview on an anonymous basis. Someone is bound to try to unmask the interviewee and get at Poulsen's raw materials.)
Anyway, something DMaul (the torrent guy) says bears worth repeating:
I think the greatest motivator was simply to prove that it could be
done. It is ridiculous to think that there is privacy on public
websites. These types of situations are more education than anything.
It is much like the piracy scene, it is not a matter of IF but WHEN
these images would be released. I made it public that I was saving
these images, however I am certain there are mischievous individuals
using these hacks for nefarious purposes.
There you have it.
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