A SQL injection flaw can allow a hacker to enter commands into a web-based form and get the backend database to respond. The compromise happened around July 2012, wrote Bit9’s CTO Harry Sverdlove.

A SQL injection flaw can allow a hacker to enter commands into a web-based form and get the backend database to respond. The compromise happened around July 2012, wrote Bit9’s CTO Harry Sverdlove.

Databases used by US federal courts for sharing and managing case documents have been hacked, according to reports from Politco and The New York Times.

The second IP address logged as the source of a SQL hacking attempt traced back to cable giant Time-Warner in the Charlotte, North Carolina area.