http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/07/15/twitter-hacking-spurs-ethics-debate-over-leaked-files/ By Marisa Taylor The Wall Street Journal Digits July 15, 2009 The hacking of Twitter CEO Evan Williams.s email account has sparked an ethics debate after TechCrunch said that it would publish some of the confidential documents that the hacker leaked. The brouhaha began when TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington blogged that a French hacker calling himself "Hacker Croll" said he had broken into Mr. Williams's account as well as those of Mr. Williams's wife and two Twitter employees. An English translation of a post on French blog Koren shows that the hacker claims he gained access to Mr. Williams's Gmail, PayPal, Amazon and AT&T accounts, among others, and thus was able to find documents containing Twitter employee food preferences, credit card numbers, phone numbers and salaries. Mr. Williams confirmed that he had indeed been hacked, writing, "It was a good lesson for us that we are being targeted because we work for Twitter. We have taken extra steps to increase our security, but we know we can never be entirely comfortable with what we share via email." Mr. Arrington said TechCrunch would publish some of the documents it received, including the pitch for a Twitter-related reality-TV show. [...] _______________________________________________ Attend Black Hat USA, July 25-30 in Las Vegas, the world's premier technical event for ICT security experts. Network with 4,000+ delegates from 50 nations. Visit product displays by 30 top sponsors in a relaxed setting. http://www.blackhat.comReceived on Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:40:53 PDT
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