McCain's MySpace is Hacked
By Joshua Levy, 03/27/2007 - 1:08pm

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TechCrunch and Newsvine have the scoop: John McCain's MySpace page was hacked today, by (of all people) Newsvine founder and CEO Mike Davidson. According to TechCrunch, Davidson designed the MySpace template that McCain is using. He lets anyone use it for free as long as they give attribution.

Apparently McCain didn't give him credit and Davidson was miffed. Since the template includes images that Davidson hosts himself, he simply switched one of McCain's images with a new one that makes it appear that McCain has changed his stance on gay marriage.

The fake statement reads:

Today I anounce that I have reversed my position and come out in full support of gay mariage…particularly marriage between two passionate females.

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When candidates develop presences on these social networks they need to be very respectful of the rules and culture of the community they are entering. If you aren't, you are going to make these kinds of errors and be treated as an unwelcome guest.

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By Todd Zeigler at Tue, 03/27/2007 - 1:27pm | login or register to post comments

Well, I hope...

...They didn't pay for the "design." Because they sure are paying for it now.
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By David All at Tue, 03/27/2007 - 3:59pm | login or register to post comments

Hacked?

That word's been used to sensationalize this story... Mike D. didn't hack the MySpace account... he simply changed an image that was on *his* server that was being referenced in the CSS used on the McCain MySpace profile...

By cdharrison at Tue, 03/27/2007 - 4:37pm | login or register to post comments

No, No, you misunderstood!

What they meant is that the HACKS that McCain hired to run his web operation screwed up and we all get a laugh because of it.

I hope it makes more sense to you now! ;)

By Encoderer at Tue, 03/27/2007 - 5:53pm | login or register to post comments

Maybe not hacked, but

it certainly is a warning to all the campaigns (and anyone else who uses MySpace to be honest). While this might not be a classic hack, I assume someone will try to do that to one of the campaigns in the near future. I think we'll see a lot more of this stuff in the coming months.

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By timmah1 at Tue, 03/27/2007 - 8:05pm | login or register to post comments



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