Act NOW to minimize fallout from Gawker hack attack

If you haven’t checked your email address, to see if it’s been compromised as part of the Gawker/Lifehacker/Gizmodo crack, it’d be worth your while to make sure you’re OK.

See my InfoWorld Tech Watch post for details.

Write about an Apple product, get your house ransacked

Jason Chen, the head guy at Gizmodo, has made some very powerful enemies by writing about the iPhone 4G. Apparently, Gizmodo received a working prototype of the new iPhone under extenuating circumstances. Jason’s written about it, in spite of Apple’s heated objections.

Officers from the California’s Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team, using a court order issued by the Superior Court of San Mateo CA, broke into Jason’s house and took out four computers and two servers.

Makes you wonder about a lot of things, eh?

Jason’s account is on the Gizmodo site.