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How the RIAA was hacked

23rd September 2002

The Register: Want to know how RIAA.org was hacked? They had an un-password-protected admin panel listed in their robots.txt file. Muppets.

Posted 23rd September 2002 at 7:02 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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