MacRumors has long been one of my favorite sources for Mac-related gossip (largely because the site has generally avoided overly sensational articles that were clearly wrong), but today it has been having a few issues with its Macworld Livestream.
At 9:24 AM the stream issued an alarming announcement that “Steve Jobs just died”. Moments later this was corrected, with a statement that the MacRumors team didn’t know how it had gotten into the feed. There was quiet for a few minutes. And then things took a turn for the worst, as members of what appears to be the 4chan image-board began flooding the feed with bizarre comments.
Note: We don’t recommend that you visit the site at the moment, as the feed now includes some graphic and disgusting images.
For a working stream of the latest news, check out the CrunchGear Macworld Notes.
Sad ! Very sad
This was pretty funny.
some sad some happy… tech world =)
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MacRumors didn’t password-protect their control panel. Did they really think no one would sniff the URL? http://img.skit...tfh55ixxajn.png
It is very sad considering they are the best source for a live self updating stream from MacWorld. I’m over on CrunchGear hitting F5 every minute or two now.
9:27am Steve did not die.
Classic.
yeah 4chan fucked them over
Freaking punks. I wonder how they hacked it..
This is so irritating!
Weird stuff. I did a dubblecheck on CrunchGear and Engadget when I saw the first announcement of his dead .. Who’s this Matthew guy?
Live stream (practically audio only): http://chris.pirillo.com/live/
http://twitpic.com/107j0
Sponsors are not going to be happy! very unfortunate, i loved the layout of the feed.
That totally sucks, but if you don’t secure your stuff and 4Chan gets ideas… then nothing will be left sacred. For the Lulz I guess. Password protect your stuff (or better), or else.
Imagine if 4Chan had gotten ahold of those Twitter accounts the other day…. that would have been a mess. The guy that hacked them had much more restraint than 4Chan would have.
T’would have been EPIC lulz.
I reviewed all the live sites, including TechCrunch and Chris Pirillo’s site here: http://scobleiz...e-race-bigtime/
Looks like someone just learned a valuable lesson about web security and htaccess!
These guys are not Anon. Just idiots trying to be cool.
Well anyone of a Anonymous image board is Anon. And as anyone can post on them, I’m sure its them.
You’re just a font of wisdom today, aren’t you?
For tech sites generating sensationalism should not be way out to attract visitors. These sites who have matured over years should show some sobriety.
Thread on 4Chan where it was “hacked”: http://zip.4cha...es/3118906.html
Well that was hilarious.
On one hand I feel bad for these guys but on the other, security through obscurity is just a really bad idea.
hack the planet!
All they did was type the url with /admin/ after it, and the password file was there. Not encrypted or anything.
http://i5.photo...31276465390.jpg
Pic that one of the guys on 4chan took while doing it. Pathetic really.
But I guess that’s what you can expect from people who use computers that require no thinking to run and have no room for configuration.
You’re a fanboy clown regurgitating moronic beliefs just to look cool for the other fanboy morons. The type of computer used and the nature of the configuration are irrelevant. All computers are vulnerable regardless of their configuration. Get a clue.
I regret to inform you that the comment you have just posted actually applies to yourself, having bounced off of the parent commentator in a reaction akin to rubber, and adhered to you as if you were made of a glue-like substance.
wtf..
wow, you’re pretty stupid mRNA. What macrumors did is like leaving the door to your house open with a big sign out front saying “valubles in here!”
‘the configuration is irrelivent’? No. had they had even the simplest, stupidest password protection or modifications to the script, a single line in the .hta on the website, heck, *anything*, they wouldn’t have had the problem.
A bunch of rocket scientists running that site.
It was obviously Ebaums world…
ALL GLORY TO HYPNOTOAD
i want to punch your face
T’was of teh lulz.
LOL, thats pretty funny dude. I love those 4chaners!
http://www.web-privacy.pro.tc
That is what happens when mac f@gz leave everything at default.
Some were funny and some were so funny…