https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/03/to-thwart-hackers-firms-salting-their-servers-with-fake-data/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 08:01:28 -0400<![CDATA[The Waseca, Minn., company began planting fake data in Web servers to lure hackers into “rabbit holes” in the hopes of frustrating them into giving up. The bait was varied — including bogus user log-ins and passwords and phony system configuration files. Anyone who took it was being watched by Brown, their computer locations tagged and their tactics recorded.]]>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:20:27 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/03/to-thwart-hackers-firms-salting-their-servers-with-fake-data-n98876