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		danielweber on Jan 22, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MIT website hacked by Lulzsec Almost all of MIT's network administration happens within MIT, so you can't hack it by social engineering an outsider.

lawnchair_larry on Jan 22, 2013 [–]

You can if the target is the registrar, which this was.

jad73994 on Jan 23, 2013 | [–]

I doubt it was a social of educause (the edu registrar); more likely some credentials specific to MIT were compromised.

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