OpenSocial Is Hackable, Just Like Everything Else

TechCrunch has written about how OpenSocial was hacked, with security vulnerabilities exposed twice with barely half an hour of work each time. It’s never fun to see a platform hacked, but this doesn’t imply a systemic problem with OpenSocial. Because OpenSocial uses regular old web standards for practically everything, the same vulnerabilities that web developers have to worry about, OpenSocial has to worry about.
In Google’s rush to get OpenSocial ready, it may have left a backdoor open. In their rush to have the first web apps released, the iLike and RockYou applications might have been released with openings for hackers to get in. In time, these won’t be a problems, but application developers need to work harder to lock down their code so this doesn’t happen often.

Original post by Nathan Weinberg