So they included the SSNs in the HTML source, and then said the reporter hacked and unencrypted the HTML by reading the non-displayed SSNs in the source. That's

So they included the SSNs in the HTML source, and then said the reporter hacked and unencrypted the HTML by reading the non-displayed SSNs in the source. That's like taping the SSNs up to the inside of a tinted window and then saying the reporter committed breaking and entering by shining a flashlight on the window.