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Fark founder accuses Fox newsman of hacking.

valleywag.com — Curtis claims to have assembled all-but-conclusive electronic evidence that Phillips has tried to hack into Fark's servers, potentially breaking several laws.

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  • Andy.D, on 10/28/2007, -6/+41So... busted! Don't mess with Fark, Fox.
    • Atomic1fire, on 10/10/2007, -14/+2until a lawsuit happes and fox being a multimillion dollar company under a bi/millionair wins from the massive power of lawyers
      and then you all play it like fox cheated
      • windwaker, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7HAHAHAA YES, CAPITALISM > ETHICS!

        no, actually, you're a douche, atomic1fire.
      • manicallday, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Just because you have a lot of lawyers doesn't mean you automatically win.
      • brutalentropy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4"fox being a multimillion dollar company under a bi/millionair"

        I had no idea Rupert Murdoch was a bisexual millionaire!

        /pedant
        • KibibyteBrain, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Well, you know how it goes for all the right wingers who attack gay marriage. They are usually gay and pedo. Because he only owns a network that does, he might get off with being bisexual, and probably into some weird type of porn that is very embarassing.
    • rebrad, on 10/10/2007, -12/+2Fark can only dream that Fox News would even know about them. What a prime example of Spam.
      • windwaker, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6I'm no Fark fanboy, but you must have a poor understanding of how popular it actually used to be.
      • potp, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Hey the no about us internet domestic terrorist why wouldn't they know about fark?
  • halleyscomet, on 10/28/2007, -7/+37So, they're going after Wikipedia AND Fark.com?

    It makes sense, both are news and information sources over which FOX "News" doesn't have full control. Digg.com can't be far behind.
    • Atomic1fire, on 10/10/2007, -15/+1even tough digg is a group of hackers or at least many of them have the skills to do so
      see
      hackers on both sides
      and the stephan colbert wikipedia issue
      no one seems to mention that
      • Atomic1fire, on 10/10/2007, -10/+4*though*
        before anyone attacks grammar like it makes them superior that they don't typo
        • isntreal, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I was willing to let the "though" go, however the run on sentence was especially bad.
          • Smight, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Way to retort a run-on with a comma splice.
      • oneoverzero, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8not everyone on digg is a hacker, or has the ability to do so.

        also, even if they were, what the ***** could digg users do against someone hacking the mainframe?
      • wingo123, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Dude, forget about the typo - that sentence makes absolutely no sense at all...
      • Chicken2nite, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6People tell me to lay off the pot, but dude, lay off the crystal meth
      • noumuon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1i'd say at this point the majority of digg users wouldn't be able to hack their way out of a card board box with a hatchet.
    • OBKenobi, on 10/10/2007, -8/+7Microsoft's paid trolls tried to go after Digg, but I hunted down and killed them all. No thanks to the rest of you. Some of you still don't seem to understand what's going on. We are at war, and the freedom of the internet--and your freedom--is at stake.
      • xXShadowstormXx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4You seem to forget that you yourself are a troll. And you know it.

        ... I still have you on my friend's list though.
    • lsatkins, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Especially since there's no proof that it has anything to do with Fox News right?
  • kamel, on 10/10/2007, -2/+16Farked!
  • duhblow7, on 10/10/2007, -0/+21Drew needs to give Phillips a UFIA and call it even.
  • delau, on 10/28/2007, -6/+42Old news, this was submitted to ULTRADIGG like 2 wee+++NO CARRIER+++
  • GreedKills, on 10/10/2007, -37/+7Who uses Fark? The site looks like it was designed from 1997, the ads look rather NSFW and its just usually perverted stuff, even Digg seems more mature than that place

    I used to think Slashdot's old site was ugly until I saw Fark
    • roastedbagel, on 10/28/2007, -5/+35Hello and welcome to the Internet.

      Fark was created 6 years ago I believe. And the personality on that site trumps Digg anyday.

      Typical teen Digg user
      • duhblow7, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I love the "and the personality on that site trumps digg anyday" line. It's been used a couple times.
      • MacEnvy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Truth, this.
    • zaren, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Oh, he'll get over it.

      /cross-site inside jokes FTW!
      //I read Fark, so I'm really getting a kick out of some of these replies...
  • Danjamin, on 10/10/2007, -12/+2Digg should just change it's name to "dumb things that fox news does"
  • StarlessKnight, on 10/10/2007, -6/+0Oh snap!
  • jub0r, on 10/10/2007, -7/+4OMG FOX HAX!!!!
  • chris9902, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12It's a trap!
  • cliffzdude, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13This isn't Fox News proper if you will, this is a local affiliate. Granted its owned by News Corp, but let us none the less be clear.
    Fox News if Fox News, this is WHBQ Fox13. Yes that makes WHBQ Fox13, lower than a snake's belly -- regardless, just sayin'...
  • GhostWithToast, on 10/10/2007, -2/+26Fark found fault with Fox's filching and figures the faux flatfoot is fairly *****.

    News at 11:00
    • amoirae, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Masterful alliteration.

      You win the Internets!
  • vvaduva, on 10/10/2007, -18/+5The word "Fox" appeared in a headline in a negative context. Quickly...all idiots on Digg say something bad about Fox News and George Bush!!
  • SniperX, on 10/10/2007, -8/+5Is it just me, or is it somewhat hard to believe something coming from fark? By now i've been trained to assume everything coming from them is sarcasm[/sarcasm>
  • geekee, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Just use the p2p thieves' defense. My computer was hacked or I left my wireless access open.
    • Steeple, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4nah, use the governmental "yeah, well, i don't recall"
  • brwright, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2FARK YOU, FOX!
  • justdan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Don't worry he'll get over it.
    • ScottDaMan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Only a true farker will understand this statement. +1
  • rheaume, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1Yawn
  • vonralls, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Yeah, this is just some local idiot here in Memphis.
    • rhinopig, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I live in Memphis and I (used to) read fark. I think I might have hacked there site in my sleep and don't remember now.
  • rockets, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1Fark you Fark!
  • InetRoadkill, on 10/10/2007, -8/+4He'll get over it.

    I quit going to Fark ever since they sold out and gave editorial and moderator control over to the their advertisers. It's no fun anymore.

    Digg FTW.
    • mrgreenjeans9, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0you are CORRECT sir!

      /miss the old fark
  • dualscreenman, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1We must find their secret internet hacker site before it's too late!
  • Dillenger69, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I tried to think of something snappy to say but I've got nuthin'.

    /I'm old Gregg!
    //Slashies!!
  • etnu, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0I think he meant that the reporter was a hack -- not a "hacker".
  • CourtesyFlush, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3As a way old ex Farker, all I have to say is...........meh.
  • wusupdoe, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3It's already been said, but it bears repeating. This is not THE Fox News. This is a Fox affiliate.
    • lsatkins, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Also there's no evidence it even has anything to do with the station at all. It was traced back to a Comcast ip...could be the guys kid for all we know.
  • kaelyiesta, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Just as the RIAA has been blocked from legal recourse using IP addresses in cases of filesharing, I imagine FARK would be unable to prove anything more than it came from within, say the companies network or something.
    • Leviathan777, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1don't be so sure. if they got enough information on what the hacker actually did, they could show - even if the fox affiliate could show their computers were hacked - that the actions were consistent with the motive of the person whose computer it was. that would be "99%" certain in my book...
    • noumuon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0it IS possible the get enough information about an IP address and its activities to successfully prosecute someone; the feds do it all the time. the RIAA is just grossly inept.
  • diggerphelps, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11'Hacking' is a way for savvy computer users to break into other computers.
    -Ric Romero
  • mbthompson, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Dear Mr. Phillips,

    I'll keep this short. Two words in fact.

    Proxy Server.

  • mpeters13, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1What exactly is going out at Fox these days? They can't keep themselves out of trouble.
  • FribergKendal, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0They take unbelievable pleasure in the hideous blast of the hunting horn and baying of the hounds. Dogs dung smells sweet as cinnamon to them.
  • AstroMech, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Give 'em hell Drew!
  • Cardiakke, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1So the Farking idiot so-called admin downloaded a Trojan from an e-mail! What a Farking stupid Farker!
  • WilliamDavis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2"Phillips might claim he was researching a story on the security of social news sites.... But certainly, for a newsman, this would at least be a plausible cover story."

    WTF? So, a reporter can run around testing the security of liquor stores by breaking into them?
  • sclark, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1every time you try to hack Fark God kills a kitten
  • GodjustGod, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Fark is a good site (despite some of the nay-sayers who believe that somehow Fark is in Competition with digg.com. That said, if it can be tracked back to this particular idiot via help of comcast then packets compared to the stations internal network, this dude will seriously be up ***** creek.
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