SPOTLIGHT: Two NASA sites hit by a hacker

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A researcher decided to show NASA how vulnerable its  sites were, and did. Using SQL injection, the researcher was able to hack the sites for NASA's Instrument Systems and Technology Division and Software Engineering Division. Afterward, he posted blog screen shots taken during the hack attack. The NASA hack yielded the credentials of some 25 administrator accounts; the researcher also gained access to a web portal used for managing and editing those websites. Article

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