On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:37:00 -0400, Capt. James Pike wrote:
> "Capt. James Pike" <jpike@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:...
>>
>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1643970.H3AZo7BcBy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Microsoft British site hacked
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | A hacker has successfully attacked a web page within Microsoft UK |
>>> domain, resulting in the display of a photograph of a child waving |
>>> the flag of Saudi Arabia.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=9336
>>>
>>> ...Second time in recent weeks that the Microsoft site (even the
>>> American) one
>>> gets cracked and then modified to present a more humourous side of the
>>> company...
>>
>>
> - "The hacker, who posted his name as "rEmOtEr," exploited a
> programming mistake in the site by using a technique known as SQL
> injection to get unauthorised access to a database, Halbheer said. The
> site took SQL queries of a particular form, embedded in URLs (uniform
> resource locators), and passed them to a database."
>
>
>>> Maybe they should follow Microsoft-Watch's footsteps and drop Windows
>>> in favour
>>> of Red Hat Linux. They already use Linux in some parts of their Web
>>> sites.
>>
> Why? Are lienux websites magically immune from programmer mistakes and
> SQL injection?
Maybe you should ask that in a lienux forum, if you can find one.
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Rick
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