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Stories about: UK Parliament

UK Parliament Website Hacked A hacker broke into the database of the UK Parliament website by exploiting an SQL injection vulnerability. The incident reveals very poor and questionable password security practices on behalf of the website administration.The security hole on parliament.uk was discovered by a Romanian greyhat hacker going by the on... 31 August 2009 07:02 GMT Conficker Hits the UK Parliamentary Network A security notification, signed by the UK Parliament's Director of Information and Communication Technology, informs users that the infamous Conficker worm is spreading on the parliamentary network, slowing it to a crawl. A cleaning operation is underway and portable devices such as MP3 players and USB memory st... 28 March 2009 06:08 GMT