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One of the hackers suspected of being behind the TalkTalk breach, which led to the personal details of at least 150,000 people being stolen, used a vulnerability discovered two years before he was even born.
That method of attack was SQL injection (SQLi), where hackers typically enter malicious commands into forms on a website to make it churn out juicy bits of data. It's been used to steal the personal details of World Health Organization employees, grab data from the Wall Street Journal, and hit the sites of US federal agencies.
"It's the most easy way to hack," the pseudonymous hacker w0rm, who was responsible for the Wall Street Journal hack, told Motherboard. The attack took only a "few hours."
But, for all its simplicity, as well as its effectiveness at siphoning the digital innards of corporations and governments alike, SQLi is relatively easy to defend against.
(Score: 5, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday November 27 2015, @11:57PM
https://xkcd.com/327/ [xkcd.com]
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by jasassin on Saturday November 28 2015, @12:09AM
Nice. Made me chuckle. Thanks! +1
jasassin@gmail.com GPG Key ID: 0xE6462C68A9A3DB5A
(Score: 3, Interesting) by dyingtolive on Saturday November 28 2015, @12:28AM
While it's a definite classic, it's sad when you get to the point that you know the xkcd by the number in the link before you even click it.
It's like the nerd version of the guy I work with in his 50s who acts like he's 16, and goes around quoting Family Guy nonstop.
Don't blame me, I voted for moose wang!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 28 2015, @01:19AM
The solution to the hack that will never go away? The comic that will never go away.