DNA (Daily News & Analysis) epaper Server Hacked
Daily News and Analysis (DNA) is a daily English newspaper published from Mumbai / Bengaluru / Pune / Ahmedabad / Surat and Jaipur in India. DNA (Mumbai) launched its first edition on 30th July (2005) targeted at a young readership, DNA is India’s fastest growing English newspaper
(Source: Wikipedia article on DNA – Daily News & Analysis)
Happy 4th Anniversary to DNA
I would like to wish DNA (my favourite newspaper) a very Happy and a Prosperous 4th Anniversary Year
On this Auspicious Occasion, i would like to provide all the Mumbaikars with Free Access to the Complete (digital) Archives of DNA (Daily News and Analysis) – Mumbai Edition
So who’s gonna treat me Vada Pav now ?
Why was DNA (Daily News & Analysis) hacked ?
The information printed in the newspapers, come from public sources (common people), so charging them for the complete archives / back dated issues through subscription is unfair, as a hacker i believe in the saying “All the information should be free” and if anyone tries to deny that access to us OR make us pay for it, then (no wonder) we are definitely gonna hack in there
Currently DNA provides access to only 7 back dated issues from the current day, so i am gonna give out free access to the complete archives for DNA (Mumbai Edition); i have been using this special access since the year 2006 ( though never abused the server resources) i used it (only) whenever i needed a issue or page (when i couldn’t get a hard copy)
I could have broken (some) more security layers in order to steal all the existing user account details containing email IDs / passwords / cell numbers / other information on the epaper portal and could have sold it to marketing / rival companies, but i haven’t done anything like that, its because doing something like that wouldn’t suit me a true hacker and its totally against my ethics
After the launch, DNA (Mumbai Edition) used to publish a lot of Indian tech articles written by Indian journalists (reporters) related to (Indian Scenario On) Cyber Warfare / Hackers / Hacking Incidents / New Improvements in Technology Field / Security Stuffs / etc…….
Year by year, the number of (Indian) tech articles kept going down as the newspaper went progressing too much, maybe they wanted to maintain their current position and the greed to reach the top, since then DNA started publishing tech articles written by foreign journalists / reporters (outside India) into the backpages of (Mumbai) Edition
Mid-Day and DNA have been my favourite newspapers since it launced and i read both of them anxiously; i enjoy reading them as they have at least something (worth nice) to read sometimes
Its sad to say, but some of the tech articles are simply outdated and published late in DNA (Mumbai Edition); most of the articles (any) written by journalists doesn’t contain their email IDs; silly errors in some of the articles (the below picture was published on July 28, 2009 – Page 22)
Your Free Access to Complete (digital) Archives of DNA (Mumbai Edition)
Change the date / month / year and the page numbers in the below URLs to gain access for the back dated issues of your choice
Please do not abuse the server resources; use the hacks only when you need any issue / page (digital copy) to save the scanning charges (for hard copies)
Take a Sneak Peak @ the First (Mumbai) Edition of DNA (Daily News and Analysis) which was published on 30th July, 2005
DNA – Main Paper (Select any mirror below)
MediaFire / RapidShare / HotFile / MegaUploadDNA – After hrs. (Select any mirror below))
MediaFire / RapidShare / HotFile / MegaUploadDNA – Money (Business) (Select any mirror below)
MediaFire / RapidShare / HotFile / MegaUploadDNA – Sport (Select any mirror below)
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First Independence Day Issue by DNA – 15th August 2005 (Mumbai Edition – PDF Format)
DNA – Main Paper
Page 1 / Page 2 / Page 3 / Page 4 / Page 5 / Page 6 / Page 7 / Page 8 / Page 9
Page 10 / Page 11 / Page 12 / Page 13 / Page 14 / Page 15 / Page 16 / Page 17
Page 18DNA – After hrs.
Page 1 / Page 2 / Page 3 / Page 4 / Page 5 / Page 6 / Page 7 / Page 8DNA – Money (Business)
Page 1 / Page 2 / Page 3 / Page 4 / Page 5 / Page 6 / Page 7 / Page 8DNA – Sport
Page 1 / Page 2 / Page 3 / Page 4 / Page 5 / Page 6
Weekly Editions – (PDF Format)
DNA Daily (Main Edition) (Monday to Saturday)
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/1582005/14main edition-pg1-0.pdf
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/1582006/14main edition-pg1-0.pdf
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/15082007/14main edition-pg1-0.pdf
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/15082008/14main edition-pg1-0.pdfDNA Money – Supplement (Monday to Saturday)
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/1292005/11business-pg1-0.pdf
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/1292006/11business-pg1-0.pdf
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/12092007/11business-pg1-0.pdf
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/12092008/11business-pg1-0.pdfDNA Sport – Supplement (Monday to Saturday)
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/16112005/15sports-pg1-0.pdf
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/16112006/15sports-pg1-0.pdfDNA After hrs. (Entertainment) – Supplements (Monday to Saturday)
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/26122005/25entertainment-pg1-0.pdf
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/26122006/25entertainment-pg1-0.pdf
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/26122007/25entertainment-pg1-0.pdf
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/26122008/25entertainment-pg1-0.pdfNavi Mumbai – Supplement (Monday to Saturday)
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/1392006/12split-pg1-0.pdf
Sunday Editions + Supplements (PDF Format)
DNA – Sunday Edition (Main Paper)
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/3172005/30sunday-pg1-0.pdf
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/2782006/26sunday-pg1-0.pdf
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/09092007/8sunday-pg1-0.pdf
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/28122008/27sunday-pg1-0.pdfDNA After hrs – Sunday Supplement
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/3172005/30morning after-pg1-0.pdfSports – Sunday Supplement
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/1682005/15sports-pg1-0.pdf
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/2782006/26sunsports-pg1-0.pdf
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/19082007/18sunsports-pg1-0.pdfDNA YA (Young Adults) – Sunday Supplement (Magazine)
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/3172005/30ya-pg1-0.pdf
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/2782006/26ya-pg1-0.pdf
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/09092007/8ya-pg1-0.pdf
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/28122008/27ya-pg1-0.pdf
Weekly Supplements (PDF Format)
Bio – DNA (Job Smart) – Monday
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/182005/31appointment-pg1-0.pdfdna Academy (Education) – Tuesday
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/282005/1education-pg1-0.pdfBollywood – Wednesday
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/1392006/12bollywood-pg1-0.pdfRew Up (Auto Mobiles) – Thursday
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/482005/3auto mobile-pg1-0.pdfBrick n Mortar (Real Estate) – Friday
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/422006/3real estate-pg1-0.pdfLife 360 (Life Style) – Saturday
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/1382005/12life style-pg1-0.pdfDestination (Dombivli / Kalyan) – Saturday
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/20062009/19thane-pg8-0.pdf
http://digital.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/13062009/12thane-pg6-0.pdf
Accessing any DNA epaper issue in Image (JPG) Format
Change the variable (epaperpdf) in URL to (EpaperImages)
Small Image Format
http://digital.dnaindia.com/EpaperImages/27112008/26main edition-pg1-0.jpgMedium Image Format
http://digital.dnaindia.com/EpaperImages/27112008/26main edition-pg1-0l.jpgLarge Image Format
http://digital.dnaindia.com/EpaperImages/27112008/26main edition-pg1-0ll.jpg
Security issues on the DNA (Daily News and Analysis) epaper Portal
On 6th July2009, i mailed the editor / webmaster / web team / authorized employees, but never got a reply back from any of them, so i think they (don’t care) are not interested in discussing this issue
The epapers / supplements / magazines can be accessed / retrieved directly (in guest mode) without any authentication
Would you like to have a kewl email address login ID on the DNA epaper web portal ?
If yes, then proceed to the registration page @ http://digital.dnaindia.com/registration.aspx
Register with any email address of your choice (you can even type out the email address which doesn’t even exist for real), but it should be in the email ID format
Once you have done that you will get a message box, which will say
Confirmation
Thank you xxx (Your name) for registering at http://digital.dnaindia.comThis registration will not be activated until you visit the confirmation URL which has been emailed to xxx@xxx.xxx (your email address)
Please click on the link given in the mail
NOTE :If you do not receive a mail immediately also check your bulkmail
So as you don’t have the access to that mailbox or maybe the email ID you used during registration doesn’t really exist, so copy paste the below URL with your email ID in it to activate your kewl email ID login on DNA epaper web portal
http://digital.dnaindia.com/update.aspx?userid=xxx@xxx.xxx
This is a automated weak authentication system implemented by the developer who designed the DNA epaper portal (its usually done by low paid freelancers / inexperienced developer employees)
A small java script has been embedded into the epaper portal in order to protect the users from right clicking and saving the images (onto their computers)
Website issues and other malicious activities (performed on the server) are not monitored by the webmaster / web team (which i believe consists of 12 – 15 people)
Dedications
I would like to dedicate this hack to all the Mumbaikars / Hackers / Small Cute Kids out there………
Thankx for visiting....
