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Stanford university rejects hacker applicants

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post #1
31 May 2005, 16:49 UTC#1
Stanford University's Graduate School of Business has rejected 41 applicants who tried to access an admissions Web site earlier this year in hopes of learning their fate ahead of schedule.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/05/30/ha...d.ap/index.html

Not to mention how hard it is to get into the university in the first place. These people must feel really shit
post #2
31 May 2005, 17:13 UTC#2
So whats the Prob, They were just looking......just cuz they have shitty security in place its called hacking

they did them a favor by letting them know their system sucks
post #3
31 May 2005, 17:17 UTC#3
The university should have had firewalls and patches in place for their systems, they were quite harsh also. Curiosity killed the cat I guess
post #4
31 May 2005, 17:21 UTC#4
and these are supposed to be the "brightest minds" at this university....makes me wonder