Every once in a while...

Discussion in 'other security issues & news' started by 19monty64, Sep 29, 2007.

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  1. 19monty64

    19monty64 Registered Member

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    poetic justice? :cool:
     
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  3. Mrkvonic

    Mrkvonic Linux Systems Expert

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    Hello,
    Unfortunately, it's urban legend, I have read this type of story about 10 times, each time a different flavor. Someone formatted his own pc via 127.0.0.1, sweet but ... well ...
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    19monty64 Registered Member

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    That's quite possible. I've read some articles from softpedia that were discredited later as a hoax. I thought journalists checked their sources for accuracy before writing an article, for liability purposes? Old, naive me...
     
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