Gawker Security Breach Remains, Says Hacker Behind Info Theft

One of the hackers that stole info on 1.3 million Gawker Media users tells The Daily Beast’s Brian Ries a second hole remains—and the company’s weakness has been widely known since August.

Published Dec. 14 2010 9:19AM EST

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Nick Denton's week is getting worse.

In between public apologies, the founder of Gawker Media has been scrambling since Sunday to secure his company's digital walls following a breach of his blog network's security that publicly revealed 200,000 email addresses and passwords of the company's 1.5

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Gawker Security Breach Remains, Says Hacker Behind Info Theft

One of the hackers that stole info on 1.3 million Gawker Media users tells The Daily Beast’s Brian Ries a second hole remains—and the company’s weakness has been widely known since August.

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