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Catalin Cimpanu is one of the better journalists, and is usually quite good when it comes to technical accuracy. If the article ever had the quote you included
by zenexer 6y ago
Catalin Cimpanu is one of the better journalists, and is usually quite good when it comes to technical accuracy.
If the article ever had the quote you included, it appears to have been removed and replaced with a fairly thorough explanation of what’s actually happening. (Perhaps the link has been changed?)
Just to be clear, this would’ve worked decades ago. There’s no inherent need to use CSS3 variables for this. It could’ve just as easily been hidden in a normal property.
- yorwba 6y agoThe quote is present in the first Internet Archive snapshot of the article: https://web.archive.org/web/20201209131227/https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-hide-web-skimmer-inside-a-websites-css-files/ https://web.archive.org/web/20201209131227/https://www.zdnet...
- zenexer 6y agoThat’s a shame. I’m glad it was fixed, though.
- rendall 6y agoI remember when media, even websites, would issue corrections eg "An earlier version of this article incorrectly claimed that a new feature of CSS allows javascript execution. The article has been updated with correct information. ZDNet regrets the error"
- zenexer 6y agoIndeed. That would’ve been nice. It may even be there, but there was so much other junk on the page that I could barely tell what was the article and what was an ad on a mobile device.
- ryanlol 6y agoHe’s really not. https://www.zdnet.com/article/unsecured-mongodb-databases-expose-kremlins-backdoor-into-russian-businesses/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/unsecured-mongodb-databases-ex... You’d think that basic critical thinking would keep anyone from putting their name on this story.