Platystemon posted:

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The Intel hack

We talked on Friday about how Intel Corp. had to release its quarterly earnings early—roughly 12 minutes early—because someone had hacked into its computer systems and gotten an early look at an infographic containing its main earnings results. But that was perhaps overstating it. Intel, it turns out, was not really hacked. What happened was simpler and dumber. Intel puts its earnings releases up on its own website using predictable file names. Byrne Hobart explains:

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Intel had an infographic for their Q3 earnings, in a file that ended with "Q3_2020_Infographic.pdf" and had a URL with a sequential numbering scheme. Q4’s earnings presentation had the same file naming scheme, so it was easy to guess.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-25/the-game-never-stops