Dan Gillmor speculates on yesterday's hacking of the New York Times's internal network, wondering how long it'll be before such a break-in leads to a major disaster.
One of these days, someone is going to change the online news pages of the Wall Street Journal or New York Time or CNN or other major news organization, in a way that does severe damage. Maybe the false story will set off a financial panic. Or maybe it'll simply cause one company's stock to tank, enriching whoever was behind the hack.
