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IP: Hacker posts phony press release -- from Risks
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 13:00:24 -0500
[I have suggested in the past that a similar announcement via a hackin at a major online news site (or newpaper site) could have interesting results df )
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 18:57:26 -0500 From: "Edelson, Doneel" <doneel.edelson () eulergroup com> Subject: Hacker posts phony press release A fake press release announced a merger of Aastrom Biosciences Inc. with Geron Inc., a California biopharmaceutical house. Aastrom stock fell, while Geron rose. Aastrom asserted that the message on their Website was totally bogus, and presumably the result of a penetration. [Source: United Press International - 17 Feb 2000; PGN-ed]
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