Hacked Via Backup

April 2nd, 2009

Computer SecurityYou’re a hacker who wants to break into a large web forum, steal their user data, and destroy their database. The site is using the latest software patches and has a large array of security features to prevent unauthorized intrusion. What do you do? Simple, hack into their off-site backup, which is not nearly as secure but still contains their database login credentials.

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