Some of you may already know that a 10th planet was supposedly discovered a few years ago and announced recently. However, a report by South African Sunday Telegraph claims that the announcement was prematurely made because a hacker managed to break into a secure webserver run by the planetary scientist who made the discovery. The hacker threatened to release the information if nothing was announced by Michael Brown of Cal. Tech. Brown was waiting to analyze more data before actually making the announcement.

[Check it out via The Inquirer]
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