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[Reuters] Exclusive: Hacker took over BBC server, tried to 'sell' access on Christmas Day #66244 12/29/13 07:42 AM
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OP UGN Security News Aggregator U Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 41,392	BOSTON (Reuters) - A hacker secretly took over a computer server at the BBC, Britain's public broadcaster, and then launched a Christmas Day campaign to convince other cyber criminals to pay him for access to the system. Source

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