WHID 2009-9: MetaFilter suffers an SQL injection attack

Updated: 
24 January 2009
Attack Information
WHID ID: 
2009-9
Date Occured: 
24 Jan 2009
Attack Method: 
Outcome Information
Outcome: 
Target Information
Attacked Entity Field: 
Web 2.0
Attacked Entity Geography: 
USA

MetaFilter philosophy is that social norms and peer pressure, referred to as "self-policing", will ensure the quality of the content of the site. However is seems that this philosophy does not extend to hackers who abuse the site's software to plant Malware affecting MetaFilter users.