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Anatomy of the HBGary Hack

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 16, 2011 @02:49PM from the plan-of-attack dept.

PCM2 writes "Recently, Anonymous took down the Web sites of network security firm HBGary. Ars Technica has the scoop on how it happened. Turns out it wasn't any one vulnerability, but a perfect storm of SQL injection, weak passwords, weak encryption, password re-use, unpatched servers, and social engineering. The full story will make you wince — but how many of these mistakes is your company making?"

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Re:Anonymous by GNUALMAFUERTE · 2011-02-16 16:59 · Score: -1, Flamebait

The word you are looking for is not girl, it's cumdumpster.

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Re:They will be famous for a long time by GNUALMAFUERTE · 2011-02-16 17:00 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Implying that jews are good and people. They are neither.

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