A sysadmin at an ISP
- Cory Doctorow
- Uncategorized
- Aug 18, 2001
A sysadmin at an ISP discovered a bug in a newspaper’s website configuration, hosted by a rival ISP. The admin contacted the newspaper’s editor and explained how this simple error would allow anyone to change any page on the site without supplying a password. The newspaper had the FBI arrest the sysadmin. So much for good citizenship. Link Discuss (via Meerkat)