US Tribune Co. 2010 Hacking (Q8990)
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A data breach risk event
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US Tribune Co. 2010 Hacking
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A data breach risk event
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January 2010
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A former employee revealed a password and username combination for Tribune Co. to hackers. The hackers were part of anonymous and used the information to access Tribune Co.'s servers in 2010. A number of online stories that had been published through Tribune Co. were defaced by hackers as a result. The former employee of a TV station owned by Tribune Co. was indicted on charges of conspiracy to cause damage to a protected computer, transmission of malicious code, and attempted transmission of malicious code.UPDATE (04/23/2013): The former employee worked at Reuters as a deputy social media editor at the time of the cyber attack. He was fired from Reuters in April of 2013. (English)
