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Hackers Hijack Mac Site, Falsely Report Jobs' Death

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 6, 2009 3:28 PM CST

(Newser) – Hackers today attacked an Apple gossip site covering the Macworld convention and falsely reported Steve Jobs’ death on a live blog, CNET reports. The hack is likely the work of shadowy collective 4Chan, which is also responsible for the “Anonymous” attacks on Scientology. The...   Read full story »

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