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	<title>Comments on: The Barack Obama Donations Site was Hacked…err, no it wasn’t.</title>
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		<title>By: Barack&#8217;s donor data may be safe, but site was not properly secured &#124; Naked Security</title>
		<link>http://praetorianprefect.com/archives/2009/10/the-barack-obama-donations-site-was-hacked%e2%80%a6err-no-it-wasn%e2%80%99t/comment-page-1/#comment-15521</link>
		<dc:creator>Barack&#8217;s donor data may be safe, but site was not properly secured &#124; Naked Security</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;[...] Brian Krebs called the hack a &quot;hoax&quot;. The best analysis I can find on what Unu encountered when he stumbled upon Roosevelt University&#039;s calendar database was posted at the Praetorian Prefect [...]&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Brian Krebs called the hack a &quot;hoax&quot;. The best analysis I can find on what Unu encountered when he stumbled upon Roosevelt University&#39;s calendar database was posted at the Praetorian Prefect [...]</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: Praetorian Prefect &#124; Unu Cracks a Wall Street Journal Conference Site, Not WSJ.com</title>
		<link>http://praetorianprefect.com/archives/2009/10/the-barack-obama-donations-site-was-hacked%e2%80%a6err-no-it-wasn%e2%80%99t/comment-page-1/#comment-3482</link>
		<dc:creator>Praetorian Prefect &#124; Unu Cracks a Wall Street Journal Conference Site, Not WSJ.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;[...] unsolicited penetration tests on brand name web sites with a concentration in SQL Injection is at it again, this time with a claim that he cracked WSJ Online. Per Unu: &#8220;Traffic Rank 88 in U.S., by [...]&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] unsolicited penetration tests on brand name web sites with a concentration in SQL Injection is at it again, this time with a claim that he cracked WSJ Online. Per Unu: &#8220;Traffic Rank 88 in U.S., by [...]</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: Symantec Hacked? Full Disk And Database Access? &#124; Business Computing World</title>
		<link>http://praetorianprefect.com/archives/2009/10/the-barack-obama-donations-site-was-hacked%e2%80%a6err-no-it-wasn%e2%80%99t/comment-page-1/#comment-2825</link>
		<dc:creator>Symantec Hacked? Full Disk And Database Access? &#124; Business Computing World</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;[...] not always agreed on the accuracy of Unu’s claims, as in the recent claimed compromise of the Barack Obama Donations site; as ever, Unu insists that his activities are only done to warn and raise awareness without saving [...]&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] not always agreed on the accuracy of Unu’s claims, as in the recent claimed compromise of the Barack Obama Donations site; as ever, Unu insists that his activities are only done to warn and raise awareness without saving [...]</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: Symantec hacked, full disk and databse access? &#187; CounterMeasures</title>
		<link>http://praetorianprefect.com/archives/2009/10/the-barack-obama-donations-site-was-hacked%e2%80%a6err-no-it-wasn%e2%80%99t/comment-page-1/#comment-2329</link>
		<dc:creator>Symantec hacked, full disk and databse access? &#187; CounterMeasures</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;[...] commentators have not always agreed on the accuracy of Unu&#8217;s claims, as in the recent claimed compromise of the Barack Obama Donations site; as ever, Unu insists that his activities are only done to warn and raise awareness without saving [...]&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] commentators have not always agreed on the accuracy of Unu&#8217;s claims, as in the recent claimed compromise of the Barack Obama Donations site; as ever, Unu insists that his activities are only done to warn and raise awareness without saving [...]</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: Prefect</title>
		<link>http://praetorianprefect.com/archives/2009/10/the-barack-obama-donations-site-was-hacked%e2%80%a6err-no-it-wasn%e2%80%99t/comment-page-1/#comment-1935</link>
		<dc:creator>Prefect</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Its correct to say that the proxy is acting as an intermediary, however many times in written sources the word redirection is also used in describing the actions of a proxy. In this case it is not a redirect in the style of say a meta tag refresh or Javascript location.href where the browser is fully sent to a new web site and thus under that site&#039;s domain.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Second while we can only speculate at the proxy&#039;s actual function or purpose as an intermediary, it is clear from observation that part of its purpose is to redirect users to resources outside the Obama web site.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Third, saying proxies proxy doesn&#039;t help people who don&#039;t already know what a proxy is.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The usage above is not really confusing because what&#039;s happening is fully explained, not left at a single statement of &#039;redirect&#039;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Nice &#039;gotcha&#039; though...really.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Its correct to say that the proxy is acting as an intermediary, however many times in written sources the word redirection is also used in describing the actions of a proxy. In this case it is not a redirect in the style of say a meta tag refresh or Javascript location.href where the browser is fully sent to a new web site and thus under that site&#8217;s domain.</p>

<p>Second while we can only speculate at the proxy&#8217;s actual function or purpose as an intermediary, it is clear from observation that part of its purpose is to redirect users to resources outside the Obama web site.</p>

<p>Third, saying proxies proxy doesn&#8217;t help people who don&#8217;t already know what a proxy is.</p>

<p>The usage above is not really confusing because what&#8217;s happening is fully explained, not left at a single statement of &#8216;redirect&#8217;.</p>

<p>Nice &#8216;gotcha&#8217; though&#8230;really.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I take it the smartproxy isn&#039;t actually &quot;redirecting&quot; the browser to the other site, but is proxying it.  If it actually redirected the browser, then the other site would not be able to steal cookies from barackobama.com.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I take it the smartproxy isn&#8217;t actually &#8220;redirecting&#8221; the browser to the other site, but is proxying it.  If it actually redirected the browser, then the other site would not be able to steal cookies from barackobama.com.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: Busted! PCMagazine spreads rumors of BarackObama.com hack.</title>
		<link>http://praetorianprefect.com/archives/2009/10/the-barack-obama-donations-site-was-hacked%e2%80%a6err-no-it-wasn%e2%80%99t/comment-page-1/#comment-1820</link>
		<dc:creator>Busted! PCMagazine spreads rumors of BarackObama.com hack.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;[...] Praetorian Prefect &#124; The Barack Obama Donations Site was Hac [...]&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Praetorian Prefect | The Barack Obama Donations Site was Hac [...]</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: Mike</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Great write up and very thorough.  Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great write up and very thorough.  Thanks.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: Steve R</title>
		<link>http://praetorianprefect.com/archives/2009/10/the-barack-obama-donations-site-was-hacked%e2%80%a6err-no-it-wasn%e2%80%99t/comment-page-1/#comment-1643</link>
		<dc:creator>Steve R</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Dan,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You&#039;re very welcome. You placed a good deal of effort here, it deserves to be seen. Not to mention, running on my guess alone wasn&#039;t enough, this added to the story with research and a clear explanation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Steve&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dan,</p>

<p>You&#8217;re very welcome. You placed a good deal of effort here, it deserves to be seen. Not to mention, running on my guess alone wasn&#8217;t enough, this added to the story with research and a clear explanation.</p>

<p>-Steve</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: Barackobama.com Hack Claim Not Standing Up To Scrutiny &#124; WCZone Web Design! &#124; Akron Ohio Website Design - Akron Web Development, Cleveland Web Design, Business Website,Web Programming, Akron, Summit County - Services Cuyahoga Falls Website Design Web Deve</title>
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		<dc:creator>Barackobama.com Hack Claim Not Standing Up To Scrutiny &#124; WCZone Web Design! &#124; Akron Ohio Website Design - Akron Web Development, Cleveland Web Design, Business Website,Web Programming, Akron, Summit County - Services Cuyahoga Falls Website Design Web Deve</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;[...] to look deeply into the specifics, the claims were unsubstantiated. According to other critiques, especially this one from Praetorian Prefect, The anonymous hackers may have accidentally intruded on a wholly different site by accident. That [...]&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] to look deeply into the specifics, the claims were unsubstantiated. According to other critiques, especially this one from Praetorian Prefect, The anonymous hackers may have accidentally intruded on a wholly different site by accident. That [...]</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: Prefect</title>
		<link>http://praetorianprefect.com/archives/2009/10/the-barack-obama-donations-site-was-hacked%e2%80%a6err-no-it-wasn%e2%80%99t/comment-page-1/#comment-1628</link>
		<dc:creator>Prefect</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;That&#039;s fair, and without educated guesses we&#039;d have no where to start from. That section of the article just explains that I looked at that scenario after your article suggested it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don&#039;t want anything read out of context, so I&#039;ve added to the quote where you mention that it was speculation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the link back to us.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s fair, and without educated guesses we&#8217;d have no where to start from. That section of the article just explains that I looked at that scenario after your article suggested it.</p>

<p>I don&#8217;t want anything read out of context, so I&#8217;ve added to the quote where you mention that it was speculation.</p>

<p>Thanks for the link back to us.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: Steve R</title>
		<link>http://praetorianprefect.com/archives/2009/10/the-barack-obama-donations-site-was-hacked%e2%80%a6err-no-it-wasn%e2%80%99t/comment-page-1/#comment-1622</link>
		<dc:creator>Steve R</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Dan,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Great work. I&#039;m going to cite it in my update.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To be fair though, in the original article, the same server comments were only speculation, as I wrote.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Likewise, where you quoted me in the update, I mentioned it was an assumption.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I made those remarks, because of the original story where Unu mentioned, &quot;...access to the databases on his server. &quot;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Were they bad guesses? Yes, and thanks to this article I can prove that they were.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Again, great work.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Steve&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dan,</p>

<p>Great work. I&#8217;m going to cite it in my update.</p>

<p>To be fair though, in the original article, the same server comments were only speculation, as I wrote.</p>

<p>Likewise, where you quoted me in the update, I mentioned it was an assumption.</p>

<p>I made those remarks, because of the original story where Unu mentioned, &#8220;&#8230;access to the databases on his server. &#8220;</p>

<p>Were they bad guesses? Yes, and thanks to this article I can prove that they were.</p>

<p>Again, great work.</p>

<p>-Steve</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: Stiennon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Stiennon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks for this careful analysis. Very helpful.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Stiennon&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for this careful analysis. Very helpful.</p>

<p>-Stiennon</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>By: Posts about Barack Obama as of October 26, 2009 &#187; The Daily Parr</title>
		<link>http://praetorianprefect.com/archives/2009/10/the-barack-obama-donations-site-was-hacked%e2%80%a6err-no-it-wasn%e2%80%99t/comment-page-1/#comment-1587</link>
		<dc:creator>Posts about Barack Obama as of October 26, 2009 &#187; The Daily Parr</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;[...] &#8220;pie, Admits, Energy, Obama, Plan, Sky&#8221;   The Barack Obama Donations Site was Hacked…err, no it wasn’t. &#8211; praetorianprefect.com 10/27/2009 This morning a security researcher identified that he was [...]&lt;/p&gt;
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