Hacker who breached Fast Company brags 'anyone could have done it'

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The hacker who sent offensive push alerts on Apple News after gaining access to Fast Company's website said in an interview that 'anyone could have done it.'

Tuesday, gaining the ability to send two push notifications through Apple News that contained a racial slur and explicit language. The news company said in a tweet Wednesday the alerts "are vile and are not in line with the content and ethos of Fast Company," adding it had shut down its website temporarily.

At the time of publication, Fast Company's website displayed a statement about the hack. Tuesday's incident came after an "apparently related event that occurred Sunday afternoon on FastCompany.com, when an unknown actor posted similar language on the site's home page and other pages," Fast Company said in the statement.

Apple News disabled Fast Company's channel Tuesday evening after the push alerts, it said in a tweet.

 

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