Cryptome Hit By Blackhole Exploit Kit

wiredmikey writes with an excerpt from Security Week:"Whistleblower site Cryptome has been hacked and infected by the Blackhole exploit kit. ... Cryptome co-founder John Young however told SecurityWeek that the Cryptome site is in the process of cleaning everything up, and that process should be finished by the end of the day. Founded in 1996, Cryptome publishes thousands of documents, including many related to national security, law enforcement and military. On Feb. 12, a reader advised the site that accessing a file had triggered a warning in their antivirus about the Blackhole exploit kit. ... Subsequent analysis found thousands of files on the site had been infected." Cryptome has certainly seen worse.

Re:Don't worry

[prehistoricman5]

Not true. Black holes emit radiation in the form of Hawking Radiation. Because of the laws of physics, this radiation carries information about what went into the hole. Wikipedia's description is decent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole_information_paradox [wikipedia.org]