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Submission + - Journalist attempts to hack, gets caught (valleywag.com)

wawannem writes: "I know that fark is not likely considered the serious news institution that slashdot is... In fact, I've heard of it referred to as slashdot's immature, mentally handicapped, younger stepbrother. Whatever it is, it appears that it drew some attention from a Fox news affiliate. Enough attention that it seems a reporter may have tried to hack into their servers.
FTA — Curtis believes that Phillips, or someone working with Phillips, sent him and several other Fark employees deceptive emails in an attempt to get them to download a trojan, a form of computer virus. The Trojan was designed to capture their passwords and give the author access to Fark's servers. In one case, it succeeded, giving a hacker passwords to a file server and one Fark employee's email account; he tried, but failed, to break into Fark's Web servers and email.
The article goes into some other speculation about the reporter's intentions, but I would imagine that the title of journalist should not exempt him from punishment in this case."

Feed Science Daily: 'New Continent' And Species Discovered In Atlantic Study (sciencedaily.com)

Exploring life in the North Atlantic Ocean at various depths of 800 to 3,500 meters, 31 scientists are returning from a five-week scientific expedition which has surfaced a wealth of new information and insights, stunning images and marine life specimens, with one species thought to be new to science. The team will arrive in Scotland Aug. 18 following the expedition along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Iceland and the Azores aboard the RRS James Cook.

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