SQL Injection: The Two Decade Old Hack That Is Still Ruining The Internet

What if I told you that by simply typing a few keys in their keyboard, a hacker could enter your database and take every username and password ?

No phishing.

No malware.

No dark-magic hacking tools.

Just a little hack, that gets your system to dump its crown jewels into your lap like an unsuspecting intern.

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