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Report: A BBC server was taken over by hackers on Christmas Day

article published on 29 December, 2013

According to Reuters, a hacker secretly took over a BBC server and then tried to sell access to the system on Christmas Day. It is unclear if any buyers purchased access, but BBC's security team believes they have re-secured the site. BBC would only say that "we do not comment on security issues." The server managed a small, obscure password-protected website, so it is also unclear ... [ read the full article ]

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Pathetic for it to even happen...
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