Hoax articles

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  Wikipedia and the dead Russian film director who never lived at all

  By Sean Hollister on April 27, 2013 12:11 pm + 18 comments

  On March 5th, a Wikipedia contributor foiled an incredible hoax. Two British filmmakers had invented Continue reading…

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  Security blogger Brian Krebs suffers simultaneous cyber attack, police raid

  By Carl Franzen on March 15, 2013 06:47 pm + 35 comments

  Brian Krebs, an influential cyber security blogger previously with The Washington Post who now runs Continue reading…

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  The Pirate Bay's move to North Korea is probably more satire than fact

  By Carl Franzen on March 4, 2013 07:03 pm + 24 comments

  The Pirate Bay published a blog post today claiming that it has relocated to a "new provider" in Continue reading…

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  TV stations learn that default passwords are no protection against zombie apocalypse

  By Amar Toor on February 14, 2013 03:13 am + 25 comments

  Authorities have reportedly identified the hacker responsible for this week's zombie hoax in Montana Continue reading…

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  Zombies are not invading Montana, despite emergency alert

  By Amar Toor on February 12, 2013 05:24 am + 51 comments

  If you happened to be watching the Steve Wilkos Show in Great Falls, Montana yesterday, you may have Continue reading…

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  False tweet sent a company's stock plummeting more than 25 percent

  By Nathan Ingraham on January 29, 2013 05:51 pm + 43 comments

  Stock traders have recently had to deal with high-speed, stock-swapping computers, rogue computers s Continue reading…

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  Why the moon landings couldn't have been faked

  By Aaron Souppouris on January 26, 2013 07:08 pm + 186 comments

  Did the US government fake going to the moon? No. That's the opinion of writer / director / Continue reading…

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  Wikipedia hoax about a war that never happened deleted after 5 years

  By Adi Robertson on January 5, 2013 03:57 pm + 37 comments

  An article about an obscure 17th Century war in India has been deleted from Wikipedia — after an Continue reading…

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  Millions share fake Morgan Freeman message slamming media for Sandy Hook coverage

  By Chris Welch on December 17, 2012 10:59 am + 70 comments

  This past weekend, social media sites were flooded with a message from Academy Award-winning actor Continue reading…

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  The Google-ICOA scandal: with millions at stake, making fake news is easier than you think

  By Ben Popper on November 27, 2012 09:35 am + 41 comments

  The tech world went into a tizzy yesterday morning after a release surfaced on the wire service Continue reading…