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The Wayne ([personal profile] thewayne) wrote2008-05-19 01:23 pm

FBI Secret Data Revealed by Using EXTREME Hacking Techniques!

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
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[personal profile] silveradept 2008-05-19 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Proving that they redact for the hell of it. Just what was so secret about that data?

[identity profile] thewayne.livejournal.com 2008-05-20 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
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.
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[personal profile] deborak 2008-05-19 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] thewayne.livejournal.com 2008-05-20 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
'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. ;-)