News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Bought and returned set of WiFi home security cameras; can now watch new owner. Parent comment

Re:Bought and returned set of WiFi home security cameras; ca... by zaroth on Sunday June 19, 2016 @10:46PM (#11935799)
It sounds like what he did had exactly the same effect as "using simple HTML injection to add a rick roll to something".

'But he achieved it using leet hacker skills' should not be a factor in determining the nature of the charge or potential sentence. That's along the lines of making a big deal out of someone using a "Subversion" system to access and maintain code.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Bought and returned set of WiFi home security cameras; ca... by MBCook on Monday June 20, 2016 @11:19AM (#11938570)
By "using simple HTML injection" I'm thinking of a form where they don't sanitize input so you could put a <video> tag in the 'name' field and suddenly the video would appear on the page.

Getting access to the administrator account is pretty different.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Bought and returned set of WiFi home security cameras; ca... by nitrogen on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @11:06PM (#11951298)
Not for a high school student. School networks tend to be very insecure, and the students tend to see them as just another resource in their education.
[ Parent | on HN ]