[ NNSquad ] Reporters use Google, find breach, get branded as "hackers"

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Reporters use Google, find breach, get branded as "hackers"

http://j.mp/10onoVP  (ars technica)

    However, Vcare and the two telecom companies assert that the reporters
    "hacked" their way into the data using "automated" methods to access
    the data. And what was this malicious hacking tool that penetrated the
    security of Vcare's servers? In a letter sent to Scripps News by
    Jonathan D. Lee, counsel for both of the cell carriers, Lee said that
    Vcare's research had shown that the reporters were "using the 'Wget'
    program to search for and download the Companies' confidential data."
    GNU Wget is a free and open source tool used for batch downloads over
    HTTP and FTP. Lee claimed Vcare's investigation found the files were
    bulk-downloaded via two Scripps IP addresses.

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Ah yes -- wget -- more dangerous to mankind than General Zod!

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