FBI Secret Data Revealed by Using EXTREME Hacking Techniques!

[thewayne]

Yep, who could have possibly anticipated that copy/paste could be such a powerful hacking tool!

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/secret-data-in.html

Comments

[silveradept]

Proving that they redact for the hell of it. Just what was so secret about that data?

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

The article mentioned that perhaps the redacted data represented a payment to one vendor where they might have been paying others more or less than the hidden amount. Other than that, no, it wasn't really all that much of a secret.

[deborak]

ooh, that's awesome. I'll have to try that technique on some genealogy digitals such as state death certificates that have certain info blanked out (usually cause of death). Sometimes I think the only think that protects us from complete exploitation by our government is that they're dumber than the populace at large.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

'Tis indeed awesome. Our tax dollars at non-work!

I would think that you'd have a good chance at getting more info through this method, people will tend to take the easiest route to complete any mundane, repetitive, repetitive task. ;-)