[freehunter]

It raises awareness not because of the technical difficult of the feat, but rather the complete opposite.

Script kiddies are incredibly important to security. I don't want to push a slippery slope argument, but the term script kiddies implies someone with no special talents (merely the right commonly available tools). SQL injections are not technically difficult.

See the problem? If private information is being leaked, if servers are being breached, and it takes no special skills, and if these servers have been hacked for months, there's obviously a fundamental breakdown in the security chain of the organization. Security is not difficult, security is not something new, security is not something you can do without. In too many cases, it takes being hacked and dumped before an organization finally realizes the dangers they've created.

If you're yawning and cracking derisively at this, I have a feeling you might be someone who needs to read this kind of news story. It's better to have the wake-up call on your news reader than on your desk with your boss standing over you.