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Gawker Media Sites Hacked

by National Confidential | 12 December 2010 | 11:09 pm EST

Topics Gawker, Hacker, Hacking, Media, Nick Denton

Web sites belonging to Gawker Media abruptly stopped publishing new material on Sunday after mischief-making hackers gained access to the company’s servers. People who had accounts on the flagship Gawker, Gizmodo, Jezebel and the company’s other Web sites were told to change their passwords because, it said in a statement, “our user databases appear to [...]

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Oh Boy: Sarah Palin Publisher Sues Gawker Over Leaked Book Excerpts

by National Confidential | 19 November 2010 | 10:31 pm EST

Topics Gawker, Lawsuit, Legal, Politics, Sarah Palin

The publisher of Sarah Palin’s forthcoming book filed a lawsuit against Gawker Media on Friday for leaking pages of “America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag” before its release next week. The legal complaint was filed Friday in federal court in Manhattan, said a spokeswoman for HarperCollins Publishers. The filing came two days [...]

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