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significant mention of NYTCO. 2. = positive passing mention of NYTCO. negative 3 = industry article = neutral b6 NewsFactor Network pic Technology's Home Page -1 New York Times Hack Exposes High-Profile Data day Lyman February 28, 2002 corporate intranet -- which reportedly contains personal data on such high-profile op-ed contributors as former president Jimmy Carter, activist actors Warren Beatty and Robert Redford, and Internet gurus Vint Cerf and Larry Lessig -- was hacked earlier this week. The New York Times repeatedly has The breach, achieved by a well-known benevolent been the target of computer security hacker named Adrian Lamo, reportedly came via exploits, including a 1898 breach that _jll-configured proxy servers that led from the ‘esulted in defacement ofits Web site. Internet to the Times' intranet. That intranet includes the names and social security numbers of the company's employees, logs of home delivery orders, instructions for Times reporters and contact lists, among other sensitive data. Please note that this material is copyright protected. Therefore, it is illegal to display or reproduce this article for any commercial purpose, including use as marketing or public relations literature. To obtain legal reprints of this article, please call a sales representative at +1 (818) 528-1100 or visit http:/Avww.newsfactor.com/reprints.shtml. The Times said it has closed the security gaps and is investigating the breach, which is the latest of many exploits undertaken against the media giant. Hacker Heads-Up New York Times spokesperson Christine Mohan told NewsFactor that the company was notified Tuesday that there might be a security breach of its corporate intranet. “We did confirm that there had been one," she said. "We did identify the security flaws, and then we did secure them." Mohan said the paper received a call from network security firm SecurityFocus, which had been contacted by Lamo, alerting the Times to the security breach. Assessing Next Steps Mohan said the Times is not currently focused on the source of the security breach. She would not comment about whether the company is grateful that it was Lamo who hacked its internal network rather than a less benevolent hacker. “Right now, we are focused on the situation at hand and on securing the information network," Mohan said. "We really aren't focused now on confirming the identity of this person. http://www.newsfactor.com/per!/printer/16544/ 2/28/02 FBI(19-cv-1495)-1623