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e@ 2 @ about a potential security breach of our corporate intranet site," she said. “We identified the security flaw and addressed it," Mohan said. "We are continuing to investigate the situation to ensure the security of our network." This isn’t the first time the newspaper has come under attack; in 1998 a hacker posted pornography and tacist text on the newspaper's Web site. MSNBC.com N.Y. Times source database hacked Paper's rich-and-famous op-ed, source database revealed By Bob Sullivan MSNBC Feb, 27 — A computer security researcher accessed internal New York Times computer networks this week through the Internet and managed to view Hundreds of sensitive Times files. Among them: a database of 3,000 Times op-ed page contributors. The file contained Social Security numbers and other personal information belonging te luminaries like James Carville, James Baker, Larry Lessig, and Robert Redford. The researcher also got phone numbers for William F. Buckley Jr., Rush Limbaugh, Warren Beatty and Jimmy Carter. In a statement , the New York Times said it is investigating the problem. THE RESEARCHER, ADRIAN LAMO, has a long history of exposing computer security problems at major Web sites. In the past, he has uncovered problems with America Online’s Instant Messenger, with MCI WorldCom networks that services big-name clients like Bank of America, and at Yahoo! When he breached Yahoo's security, Lamo was able to alter the content of a news story and post it on the Web porial’s site. Lamo said he wasn’t about fo access New York Times content when he rummaged through the company’s network earlier this week. But he was able, with relative ease, to poke around the Times’ corporate networks. While there, he was able to see names and social security numbers of Times employees, home delivery logs, even source lists for the newspapers’ reporters. Lame said he informed the newspaper of the breach through Kevin Poulsen, a reporter at computer security news Web site SecurityFocus.com, on Tuesday. In a statement, the New York Times said it is investigating Lamo’s claims. “The New York Times Company takes the security of its network very seriously,” said spokesperson Christine Mohan. “Yesterday, we were notified about a potential security breach of our corporate intranet site, we identified the security flaw and addressed it. We are continuing to investigate the situation fo ensure the security of our network.” Lamo supported his claims with a variety of screen shots sent to MSNBC.com. The images show lists names from what appear to be internal New York Times databases. Lamo was even able to add his name and phone number to a database of experts used by Times’ reporters. FBI(19-cv-1495)-1631