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Open Microsoft database with 17 trillion total rows and 25,000 user accounts hacked by a bored teenager — but he's been well-paid for his actions

A 16-year-old set one login field to "admin," and an estimated 17.3 trillion Microsoft rows became accessible.

Open Microsoft database with 17 trillion rows and 25,000 user accounts hacked by bored teenager

A 16-year-old set one login field to "admin," and an estimated 17.3 trillion Microsoft rows became accessible.
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Database expert runs Doom in SQL with just 5,900 lines of code

The backend is written for the performance-focused, Postgres-compatible RDBMS CedarDB. Much like modern Doom ports, SQLDoom uses two paths: one running at the game's original 35 Hz for handling all ...

17 Items to Check Before Upgrading to PostgreSQL 19—The One pg_upgrade --check Misses, and Inspection SQL (Measured on 18.6 and 19beta4)

The release notes for PostgreSQL 19 (scheduled for official release in October 2026) contain a section titled "Migration to ...

Clever database, but can it run Doom?

And so here we are. The author, Lukas Vogel, has been at it again and ported both Doom's game logic and renderer to SQL, ...