As I was reading Digg early this morning, I stumbled upon this story that many SQL injection opportunities were uncovered by people hoping to defame the site. Through a simple query to drop entries or the tables themselves, the database was cleared of all custom data, leaving many of the pages on riaa.com devoid of any content. In addition, some variables in the php pages could be exploited to show custom content on the respective pages.
The UK has proposed to embed offenders with RFID chips as part of an expansion of the electronic tagging scheme that would allow British officials to to help enforce home curfews. This sort of tagging already exists within pets like cats and dogs that have been properly licensed. The RFID tag will contain information about who they are, where they live, and the offending record. The use of this technology will be used to keep certain criminals out of certain hot zones at which a crime may occur, for example, a sex offender, entering a school zone. (Read on …)