Monday 3 August 2009

Do you believe everything you read - was MI5's website really hacked?

Last week the Daily Express reported that the MI5 website was hacked and visitor data was stolen. This story seemed a little far fetched and indeed was not very accurate at all.

It turns out that a technical vulnerability was pointed out and duly fixed. The concept that MI5 would keep confidential data at the front-end of their public website should have seemed a bit unlikely, even for the Express.

I wonder when they will print the correction....

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