RIAA Site Hacked

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A lack of security controls allowed hackers to "wipe" the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) website on Sunday.

The existence of an SQL injection attack on the RIAA's site came to light via social network news site Reddit. Soon after hackers were making merry, turning the site into a blank slate, among other things.

RIAA Site Hacked [theregister.co.uk]

Hackitivists - lol

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Whatever your opinion of the RIAA, I don't see how hacking their site is going to be productive for the anti-RIAA side. The RIAA have long been claiming that file-sharers are lawbreakers, no need to associate it with hacking, which is most definitely a criminal act.