Australian Police Database Lacked Root Password

Concerned Citizen writes "The Australian Federal Police database has been hacked, although 'hacked' might be too strong a word for what happens when someone gains access to a MySQL database with no root password. Can you be charged with breaking and entering a house that has the door left wide open? Maybe digital trespassing is a better term for this situation. 'These dipshits are using an automatic digital forensics and incident response tool,' the hacker wrote. 'All of this [hacking] had been done within 30-40 minutes. Could of [sic] been faster if I didn't stop to laugh so much.'"

Comments

Re:It's still breaking and entering

[Metasquares]

No, but this sounds like an idea for the next Sims expansion pack.

Didn't have a password?

[billstewart]

I hope the crackers were polite enough to give it one....

Re:mmmm........

[RiotingPacifist]

Here in the UK, they kick them out! ...wait a few years until everybody forgets about them, then but them back at the same level. But if somebody is incompetent enough to get caught repeatedly, we promote them to lord!

Re:mmmm........

[Mat'nik]

0. A government employee may not harm the government, or, through inaction, allow the government to come to harm.
1. A government employee may not harm a politician or, through inaction, allow a politician to come to harm, except where such orders would conflict with the Zeroth Law.
2. A government employee must obey any orders given to it by politicians, except where such orders would conflict with the Zeroth or First Law.
3. A government employee must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the Zeroth, First or Second Law.