[identity profile] szasz.livejournal.com 2007-10-10 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Ouch.

I wrote a dorm network management system based on Perl and MySQL years ago. I was pretty careful to feed all the form inputs to DBI::quote(), but apparently not careful enough. No one was cruel enough to slip in a DROP TABLE, but I did get a couple of snotty mails including bits of database rows that no one should be able to see.

[identity profile] harimad.livejournal.com 2007-10-10 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"nastygrams" we call those. They can be fun for all involved, if written properly between good-natured participants. Just on Friday we learned that COLLEAGUE would be bringing cookies every day next week; next time he'll lock his computer before lunch, especially if BOSS is planning to stop by.

(I don't see any cookies today. In fact I don't see COLLEAGUE today. Taking a sick day is an extreme response, in my opinion.)