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  Anatomy of the HBGary Hack

  Posted: February 17th, 2011, 3:49am CET by samzenpus

  Tags:  security  

  PCM2 writes "Recently, Anonymous took down the Web sites of network security firm HBGary. Ars Technica has the scoop on how it happened. Turns out it wasn't any one vulnerability, but a perfect storm of SQL injection, weak passwords, weak encryption, password re-use, unpatched servers, and social engineering. The full story will make you wince — but how many of these mistakes is your company making?"

  Read more of this story at Slashdot.