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Incident WHID 2007-05

WHID 2007-05: Hacking John McCain
Date: 27 March 2007
Incident Type: Security Breach
WASC Threat Classification: Other

An open source developer virtually defaced John McCain's MySpace page. He did not have to commit any crime, because the page pulled an image directly from the open source developer's site.

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