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A glimpse at the results of a real life attack on a real life MySQL server, and the emotional end result of the damage caused.

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Whining about this is really rather pointless, I think. It's a lot like getting upset because you were attacked by a rabid dog while walking through your neighborhood, and getting mad at the dog and trying to reason with it that you weren't doing anything to deserve being attacked by it. How is a dog with rabies and acute brain inflammation going to understand that?

Attacks like this are commonplace on the internet, and the only thing you can do about it is to keep up-to-date on security patches, make sure your software is installed in a secure manner, and most important of all, back up your data frequently.

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