>>>>>>http://blog.armorize.com/2011/09/mysqlcom-hacked-infecting-visitors-with.html
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>>>>>>So I guess the hacker selling root access to the site a week ago for $3,000 was for real...
>>>>>>http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/09/mysql-com-sold-for-3k-serves-malware/
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>>>>>>Anyway - I'd stay away from the website until it's fixed....
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>>>>>Good lord, why attack them? If you're going to hack a database why not go after the big guys like Microsoft, Oracle, or IBM? This is like attacking a homeless guy in order to rob him.
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>>>>Does the site belong to Oracle ?
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>>>Yes, MySQL is owned by Oracle, as well as Java, which is a big root cause of how the exploit works. But it's not MS so you won't hear about very much.
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>>Microsoft or the DoD. They are the ones that get the media celebrity treatment.
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>Similar to the whole Obama 57 states thing. Can you imagine the Facebook/Twitter meltdown if W. had said that. "Impeach him! He doesn't even know how many states are in our country!!!@#!!!11@#$!!"

Perhaps not... As we all remember, W was never presented as being an intellectual. Such a gaffe would've been brushed off as yet another blunder one might expect from him... Besides that, Americans are notorious for not knowing their geography so a sizable portion of the population might not even notice such a blunder.