WSJ: Rogue Wikipedia edits coming from Abbott Labs computer?

WSJ: Rogue Wikipedia edits coming from Abbott Labs computer?

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Health Blog is reporting that someone from a computer at Abbott Labs removed a reference to a study linking Humira to increased cancer risk from the company's Wikipedia entry. The phantom editor also removed a link to a site that recruits patients for attorneys, according to the report. However, within two minutes, the information was put back into the entry by a "recent changes patroller." An Abbott spokesperson told WSJ that the company does make edits to Wikipedia, but only to correct factual errors and identifies itself when it does. The company is looking into the mystery edits. WSJ's blog entry also includes information about the site WikiScanner, which, according to the site itself, lists "anonymous Wikipedia edits from interesting organizations."