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Many years ago at Georgia Tech, a student noticed that the network controlling the magnetic ID card-controlled doors was trivially controllable. He scheduled a
by CobrastanJorji 8y ago
Many years ago at Georgia Tech, a student noticed that the network controlling the magnetic ID card-controlled doors was trivially controllable. He scheduled a talk about it at a local hacker conference, and what followed was the company that installed the system, Blackboard Inc, filed cease and desists and a lawsuit alleging violations of the DMCA, theft of trade secrets, violations the Espionage and Sedition Act, and presumably maritime piracy.
- jpatokal 8y agoCoverage at the time: https://www.geek.com/news/more-on-the-blackboard-hack-vs-dmca-551061/ https://www.geek.com/news/more-on-the-blackboard-hack-vs-dmc...
- Topgamer7 8y agoWow that website shows full page ads while reading mid sentence. That's one way for me to nope off their site and never return.
- AckSyn 8y agoIn this day and age, not running an Adblock extension is pretty sad. Everyone should have one by now, since the web is hardly usable without it.
- tralarpa 8y agoIs that the same Blackboard that makes the course/exam management system? If I remember correctly, many years ago a student at my university found a huge security hole in their web interface (and reported it to the university btw).