It was easy, and all done with, well, Google. As Google hackers know, what I did was to use Google to look for information residing in other people's Web-connected servers -- and machines connected to those servers. Stuff that I'm not supposed to see.
So how did I fare?
Well, I didn't manage to get my hands on Web sites belonging to any noteworthy organisations, companies or people. But what I did manage to uncover were a few dozen SQL server configuration files from a motley bunch of organisations. And all this in one afternoon's work.
The subject of Google hacking -- the use of Google as a hacking tool -- fuelled several prominent news headlines recently. Among them are: The perils of googling, by Scott Granneman of The Register; Robert Lemos's Google a favorite among hackers too from CNET News.com; and Dan Ilett's Hackers use Google to access photocopiers from ZDNet UK.