College Student Expelled After Bringing Web Vulnerability to School's Attention
A Canadian college student was expelled after reporting a vulnerability in the school's Web site that potentially exposed private data on more than 250,000 students.
The high-achieving computer science major, Hamed Al-Khabaz and another student, Ovidiu Mija, in November were developing a mobile app using Omnivox Web portal software when they discovered "sloppy coding" that could lead to a major data breach. Ominvox is used at hundreds of Canadian campuses, including theirs at Montreal's Dawson College.
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College Student Expelled After Bringing Web Vulnerability to School's Attention
