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MI5 Website Breached By Hacker

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-they-can dept.

Jack Spine writes "UK intelligence agency MI5 has admitted that its website security was breached by hacker group Team Elite. A member of the hacker forum posted details of the hack last week, which took advantage of a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the site's Google embedded search. MI5 admitted the breach on Wednesday, but said that the flaw had not been exploited maliciously."

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  1. Well, at least the terminology is right... by Knoeki · · Score: 1, Redundant

    People tend to confuse hacking with cracking quite often, thanks to the mass media.

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  2. Re:A bit misleading ... by TechnoChatter69420 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The word "Hacking" has been quite bastardized as well - Hacking used to mean one could write good code effortlessly.