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RIAA Website Hacked

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the maybe-someone-just-typed-rm--rf dept.

gattaca writes "A lack of security controls allowed hackers to "wipe" the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) website on Sunday. The existence of an SQL injection attack on the RIAA's site came to light via social network news site Reddit. Soon after hackers were making merry, turning the site into a blank slate, among other things. The RIAA has restored RIAA.org, although whether it's any more secure than before remains open to question, TorrentFreak reports."

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  1. Re:This gives reddit a bad name by maynard · · Score: 4, Informative

    But the community joined in on the hack with gusto. The comments are worth a read too.

  2. Torrentfreak has the screenshots. by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 4, Informative
    http://torrentfreak.com/riaa-website-hacked-080120/

    From the screenshots:

    Who we are.
    It appears that the article you requested has been temporarily removed.

    Press releases and Statements
    ThePirateBay.org - Get free music and movies!

    Error
    The page at http://riaa.com/ says:
    RIAA sucks ... XSS ftw?


    If you want my opinion, it was an inside job. The RIAA got so jealous over they content that they decided to delete it than share it :P
  3. Re:All I have to say is.... by ScentCone · · Score: 2, Informative

    Goooooooooooooooooooooooooo!! Hackers!!!!!!!!

    Yeah, man! Now everyone, including legislators, will definitely see that the people who want free music and movies aren't punk-ass vandals! This will definitely result in a thoughtful reconsideration of copyright law in congress, and will certainly make musicians and filmakers want to give more stuff away. Goooo hackers.

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  4. Re:Why wipe it? by greginnj · · Score: 2, Informative

    They did, actually. I was tracking some of the fun while it was live; the extent of the vulnerability was allowing access to the news archive -- so setting up a full mirror wasn't (yet) possible. After the real archive was deleted, though, somebody figured out enough field names to submit a link titled "get free warez here" or somesuch, and it linked to TPB.

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  5. Re:Well-It's all relative. by budgenator · · Score: 2, Informative

    the kill radius is 5M for a 50% probability of kill with 40mm grenades, but that doesn't mean that getting hit by shrapnel when your 50M away is impossible or wouldn't hurt like hell if it didn't kill you outright.

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  6. Re:RIAA will use this by TheCRAIGGERS · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes, it's called the RIAA Radar.

    http://www.riaaradar.com/