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1. skiing_crawling · 1790265271 · focus · HN ↗

   Freaking out about "hacking" any government website seems like hysteria at best, they are usually poorly secured and even children regularly "hack" them. I recall one "hack" accusation turned out to be that some clicked view source and all the data was there. So we'd need more details on that.

   At the same time these companies should be blamed and held directly responsible. Openai's agent didn't hack. Openai hacked. An open ai employee or group of them was negligent and greedy and ran a process which breached a government website. This would be totally unacceptable from any non-AI company, it's like writing malware and running it, then blaming the malware and not the author.

   1. Insanity · 1790265370 · focus · HN ↗

      I also remember the “view source” hack but can’t remember which country it was. I believe it was UK based gov instance but could be completely off the mark.

      But yes, the bar is low when it comes to gov websites.

      1. redsky17 · 1790265622 · focus · HN ↗

         Unsure exactly what instance you&#x27;re thinking of, but this happened in Missouri in the USA a few years ago: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.vice.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;article&#x2F;this-is-the-hacking-investigation-into-journalist-who-clicked-view-source-on-government-website&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.vice.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;article&#x2F;this-is-the-hacking-investig...

         1. Insanity · 1790273187 · focus · HN ↗

            Honestly this might have been it. Only had a vague recollection of it :)

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