Hackers: Social Networking Sites Flawed
August 4, 2007 By JORDAN ROBERTSON, AP Technology Writer
Patrik Karlsson,IT security expert and founder of Inspect it, gives a presentation on SQL injection and out-of-band channeling during the Defcon 15 hacker convention at the Riviera hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Friday, Aug. 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
(AP) -- Social networking Web sites such as MySpace.com are increasingly juicy targets for computer hackers, who are demonstrating a pair of vulnerabilities they claim expose sensitive personal information and could be exploited by online criminals.
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