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Foxnews to become wikinews?

July 23rd, 2007 by , Filed under: Commentary, Corporate Security, Full Disclosure, Funny

Foxnews.com has taken an unsuspected turn and become an open wiki site. For more info see http://linuxinit.net/site/?id=664. Summary:

While browsing around the Fox News website, I found that directory indexes are turned on. So, I started following the tree up, until I got to /admin. Eventually, I found my way into /admin/xml_parser/zdnet/, in which, there is a shell script. Seeing as it’s a shell script, and I use Linux, I took a peek. Inside, is a username and password to an FTP. So, of course, I tried to login. The result? Epic fail on Fox’s part. And seriously, what kind of password is T1me Out. This is just pathetic.

http://www.foxnews.com/admin/xml_parser/zdnet/grab_zd_files.sh

And here’s something just too funny, something I hope will turn up on xkcd.com

Raptor porn

(originally located at http://www.foxnews.com/images/root_images/071907_velociraptor1.jpg, this is a mirrored copy)

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  • Sam Spade

    The original article at linuxinet has been deleted, and the problem fixed – guard that dinopic with your life :-D

  • http://www.whiteacid.org/ Sid

    Thanks for the update, will do :D

  • MrGutts

    Thanks kinda funny..

    I really can’t stand the foxnews site, to damn cluttered. I like the fox folks, just not that damn site.

  • Alex

    Btw: It all started here, where people have lots of other hilarious pictures from the site mirrored http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2565728

  • http://www.bymmo.com ffxiv gil

    Thanks kinda funny..

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