Gov. Parson releases video attacking newspaper for viewing HTML

Does anyone have context on what the newspaper “hacked”? The video implies that some teachers’ SSNs were in plaintext on the HTML of a government site, I believe.

Re: Gov. Parson releases video attacking newspaper for viewing HTML

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Post by hirundo » Sun, Oct 24, 2021, 7:13 PM UTC

danielvf wrote: post #2

Four days old. Not released or produced by Parsons, but by a PAC that supports him.

Given that the Youtube votes are currently 1,000 to 1 against, are we sure the PAC _supports_ him? With friends like those who needs wolverines feasting on your organs?

Re: Gov. Parson releases video attacking newspaper for viewing HTML

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Post by hirundo » Sun, Oct 24, 2021, 7:14 PM UTC

wanderingstan wrote: post #4

Does anyone have context on what the newspaper “hacked”? The video implies that some teachers’ SSNs were in plaintext on the HTML of a government site, I believe.

Right, the SSNs were in plaintext in the html code, and the reporter is a "hacker" for looking at in the browser, reporting the problem to the state, and then to the public. I wonder if browser makers are complicit for including the source view feature.

Re: Gov. Parson releases video attacking newspaper for viewing HTML

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Post by nasmorn » Sun, Oct 24, 2021, 7:38 PM UTC

My hacking tool of choice is curl.

Re: Gov. Parson releases video attacking newspaper for viewing HTML

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Post by nsriv » Sun, Oct 24, 2021, 8:34 PM UTC

wanderingstan wrote: post #4

Does anyone have context on what the newspaper “hacked”? The video implies that some teachers’ SSNs were in plaintext on the HTML of a government site, I believe.

Previously on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28946392