Yesterdays hack of the Fine Gael website (http://finegael2011.com/) has highlighted the need for individuals and organizations who collect personal data in Ireland to be aware that they must to take all steps that they can to protect this data. Full details on these obligations can be found on the Data Protection Commissioners website www.dataprotection.ie.
There has been no details of the security vulnerability that was exploited yet but to me it sounds like a SQL Injection attack.
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