Re:Ask HN: What's the most black hat hack you did as a young...
by pixelperfect on Friday August 01, 2014 @08:11AM
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2004 / age 14
I discovered an exploit on the GameFAQs message boards that allowed me to use HTML in topic titles. I just used this to post some topics with images as titles, instead of looking for SQL injections.
That same year I obtained every student's social security number from my school's database, though I didn't write them down. I never told the school about their massive security flaw because I was afraid I would get in trouble.
That same year I obtained every student's social security number from my school's database, though I didn't write them down. I never told the school about their massive security flaw because I was afraid I would get in trouble.