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Human Events: Amazon.com Hacked Yet Again on Swift Boat Book?
Human Events ^ | Wednesday, August 11, 2004

Posted on 08/11/2004 3:35:40 PM PDT by kristinn

One day after the mainstream media ran an AP story slamming Jerome Corsi, Ph.D., one of the co-authors of #1 bestselling Unfit for Command, someone at Amazon.com has oddly removed the primary author, John O'Neill, and listed the book as if Corsi were the sole author (linked to cached version of page).

"There seems to be a pattern here," stated Marji Ross, president of Regnery Publishing. "We are encouraging Amazon to find who is making these unauthorized changes. It really is quite disturbing to think that someone can modify Amazon's information so easily."

This is the third such "unexplained" tampering in just three days.

The first occurred when someone at Barnes & Noble's site (BarnesAndNoble.com), altered the name from Unfit for Command to Fit for Command, and changed the jacket photo from the published version to a very pro-Kerry, war-hero version, worthy of a John Wayne movie poster.

The next alteration occurred at Amazon.com, where a derogatory quote about the Swift Boat vets by Sen. John McCain was prominently yet erroneously shown in Amazon's "Editorial Review" section.

The first two tamperings have been repaired. As of press time, Amazon.com had not yet corrected the erroneous author listing.

Despite these and other direct attacks by liberal detractors to censor the veterans' messages, Unfit for Command continues to be the #1 bestselling book on both Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com, and will undoubtedly be a New York Times bestseller once books hit bookstores over the coming days.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hacker; jeromecorsi; unfitforcommand
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I checked Amazon a few minutes ago. It seems to have been corrected.
1 posted on 08/11/2004 3:35:43 PM PDT by kristinn
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To: kristinn

Amazon isn't stupid. By allowing these "attacks" they get free press and the book sells even more.


2 posted on 08/11/2004 3:38:04 PM PDT by sharktrager (The road to hell is paved with good intentions. And the paving contractor lives in Chappaqua.)
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To: sharktrager

I'm sure they don't want free press that their site can be easily hacked. That surely is not the way to increase sales.


3 posted on 08/11/2004 3:39:31 PM PDT by TomEwall
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To: kristinn

Having worked at Amazon, I'm not overly surprised. At least while I was there, there were a large number of people with DB priviledges, and well, a large number of lefties.

If this really is someone with an axe to grind mod'ing the DB they will be shown the door though fairly soon...


4 posted on 08/11/2004 3:40:07 PM PDT by swilhelm73 (When Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq, his son murdered 2,000 people in the Abu Gharib prison in *one* day.)
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To: sharktrager
Well let me see. Their site can be easily hacked, therefore my credit card information is NOT safe, soooooo I should buy the book form somewhere else.
5 posted on 08/11/2004 3:41:04 PM PDT by stockpirate (Kerry and The Taxocrates must be defeated! "Kerry wasn't in Cambodia before he was in Cambodia.")
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To: kristinn

I think that it's a great idea to change the book cover - more of the stupid clintonista brigade will buy them then blindly!


6 posted on 08/11/2004 3:42:30 PM PDT by steplock
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To: TomEwall

Don't count on it. The ideal thing to do would be for them to tighten the holes everywhere except right there. I wouldn't even be surprised if they are the source of the "hack".


7 posted on 08/11/2004 3:42:58 PM PDT by sharktrager (The road to hell is paved with good intentions. And the paving contractor lives in Chappaqua.)
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To: stockpirate

Nah. The credit card servers are not the same as the image servers.


8 posted on 08/11/2004 3:43:26 PM PDT by sharktrager (The road to hell is paved with good intentions. And the paving contractor lives in Chappaqua.)
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To: Interesting Times

Looks like I'm not the only one that thought it was a tad fishy.


9 posted on 08/11/2004 3:44:40 PM PDT by abner (http://www.swiftvets.com or http://www.wintersoldier.com)
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To: swilhelm73

It depends on the type of audit logging within their database. If it's someone with DBA-level privileges, they could concievably cover their tracks...


10 posted on 08/11/2004 3:44:50 PM PDT by Lexinom
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To: kristinn; rwfromkansas

Good grief, they're at it again! Even though they've apparently fixed it (again!), I'd suggest everyone contact amazon.com and let them know that you're so concerned about how easily their "secure" website is tampered with that you won't be purchasing from them anymore.

From the previous "FReep Amazon" thread:

Amazon tries VERY HARD to keep their contact info...besides e-mails....secret.

I did a Google search and found the goods though.

We need to Freep them (they will ignore the e-mails):

GOOD ONE:

Corporate Offices, Seattle
(206) 622-2335
New! Fax: 206-266-1832

GOOD ONE:

Amazon.com Headquarters
Address: 1200 12th Ave., Ste. 1200
Seattle, WA 98144
Phone: (206) 266-1000
Fax: (206) 622-2405

US Customer Service
Phone toll-free in the US and Canada: (800) 201-7575
Phone from outside the US and Canada: (206) 346-2992 or (206)-266-2992
Fax: (206) 266-2950
E-mail: orders@amazon.com (I think this will still work, but no guarantees)

E-mail address and the fax numbers seem to go on- and off-line with some regularity. Readers have also had luck with the following addresses:
resolution@amazon.com
charge-inquiries@amazon.com
cust.service03@amazon.com



29 posted on 08/10/2004 10:44:17 AM PDT by rwfromkansas (BYPASS FORCED WEB REGISTRATION! **** http://www.bugmenot.com ****)
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11 posted on 08/11/2004 3:45:21 PM PDT by lonevoice (Some things have to be believed to be seen)
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To: sharktrager

Well it is all about IMAGE is it not?

And if they can't stop a hacker from changing this page hwo can they stop a hacker form getting to the credit card server? Most sheeple don't know the difference.


12 posted on 08/11/2004 3:45:48 PM PDT by stockpirate (Kerry and The Taxocrates must be defeated! "Kerry wasn't in Cambodia before he was in Cambodia.")
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To: sharktrager

"Nah. The credit card servers are not the same as the image servers."


Whew! I was getting a little nervous about continuing to order from them!


13 posted on 08/11/2004 3:46:12 PM PDT by Maria S ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." Hillary Clinton, 6/28/04)
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To: sharktrager
It's the Barnes and Noble crap that alarms me.

Their pro Kerry, pro klinton books are so in your face in terms of placement in their stores it just screams out that this company plans it and directs it this way....even when Hannity was NUMBER ONE on the NYT bestsellers list, his book was kept at the VERY BACK of our Barnes and Noble, along with the other conservative leaning books.

14 posted on 08/11/2004 3:47:10 PM PDT by Republic (joe wilson is a LIAR-but since he is a democrat-the mainstream press is OK with it :^()
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To: kristinn; Mrs Zip; BOBWADE
IMHO, It's not hacking, I would say internal problems, i.e. one of their own people making the changes.
15 posted on 08/11/2004 3:47:33 PM PDT by zip (Remember: DimocRat lies told often enough became truth to 42% of americans)
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IMHO, It's not hacking, I would say internal problems, i.e. one of their own people making the changes.
16 posted on 08/11/2004 3:47:36 PM PDT by zip (Remember: DimocRat lies told often enough became truth to 42% of americans)
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To: kristinn

I e-mailed Amazon, and I suspect that a lot of others did as well.

I told them that they were losing customers because people who visited their site suspected ulterior motives.


17 posted on 08/11/2004 3:51:57 PM PDT by jackbill
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To: steplock

Actually .. the point of changing the book is to disguise the title and therefore keep people from buying it .. which means the dems don't want you to find out what's in the book.

If, like the dems said, this book is "nothing", then why do they continue to attack the authors and all the veterans who support it ..??


18 posted on 08/11/2004 3:53:32 PM PDT by CyberAnt (President Bush: The only way to Peace is through Victory!)
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To: kristinn

There is also a phony, factually false "review" of the book at Barnes and Noble.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?userid=zZ7xupq9fN&cds2Pid=5576&isbn=0895260174

The "reviewer" says: "This book claims John O'Neill and the contributors served with John Kerry while the truth is very few served with him or had any personel contact with him."

The book does NOT claim that John O'Neill served with Kerry, John O'Neill does not say, he served with Kerry, he said he took over the boat after Kerry left.

The "reviewer" is lying, deliberately misrepresenting the contents.

I think this needs to be brought to the attention of Amazon.com.

Other statements made in the "review" about Nixon also have absolutely nothing to do with the book or its review.


19 posted on 08/11/2004 4:02:26 PM PDT by QQQQQ
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To: kristinn
Despite these and other direct attacks by liberal detractors to censor the veterans' messages, Unfit for Command continues to be the #1 bestselling book

This is going to backfire.

20 posted on 08/11/2004 4:04:55 PM PDT by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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