Archive for May, 2010

Facebook, MySpace caught releasing user data

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

In a seemingly never-ending string of damaging disclosures about its users' privacy concerns, Facebook has reportedly been releasing user data to ad companies that hadn't even asked for the info. Facebook isn't alone this time: rival social-media site MySpace has also been called out in Friday's Wall Street Journal report by ...

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MySpace superworm creator sentenced to probation, community service

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

The man responsible for unleashing what is believed to be the first self-propagating cross-site scripting worm has pleaded guilty in Los Angeles Superior Court to charges stemming from his most infamous hacking. Samy Kamkar, who was 19 when he unleashed the attack on MySpace.com in October 2005, was sentenced to three ...

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