A hacker infiltrated MTV's computers and accessed data included 5,000 employees' names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and salaries. "We are taking every appropriate action to investigate this incident and to protect you and the company in future," read a companywide email obtained by the WSJ. One-word version: Punk'd!
Hacker steals 5,000 MTV employees' private data
5:20 PM on Fri Mar 7 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
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I really don't want two weeks free of WSJ nor having to give my credit information and have to remember to cancel. The email is on Gawker.
@belltolls: What's Gawker?
@Nicholas Carlson: What's WSJ?
@Nicholas Carlson: Gawker is that other site in this grand blogger nation which took the time to grab screenswhots so its readers would not hit a subscription link.
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