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SQL Injection Attack is Tied to Election Commission Breach (Threatpost)

2016-12-17 14:00

A hacker offered to sell an unpatched system vulnerability in the U.S. Election Assistance Commission website on the Dark Web for “thousands” of dollars.

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http://threatpost.com/sql-injection-attack-is-tied-to-election-commission-breach/122571/

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