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The Harry Potter hoax, or manipulating the mass media for fun and for profit.

June 25th, 2007

This is awesome , the people who generated fake news about the harry potter book being stolen reveal how they developed and implemented this social engineering / information hack.

Title : The Harry Potter Hoax

Class : Social Engineering / Denial Of Service

Severity : Critical

Solution Status : Unpatched

Vendor : The Media

Affected versions: The People

Link: The Harry Potter hoax, or manipulating the mass media for fun and for profit.

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