14 DAY TRIAL // The hacker named D35m0nd142 started the new year with a couple of operations purposed to prove that even after multiple hacks, Universities such as Harvard and Oxford still fail to buff up their security.
Oxford University’s Begbroke Science Park website contained a vulnerability that allowed the hacker to access and leak information on their database.
Even though there are no passwords or other sensitive information contained in the dump files, it clearly shows that he can access their assets.
In the case of Harvard University, D35m0nd142 found a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on one of their webpages. XSS flaws are the most common ones found in websites today, but that doesn’t mean they’re not dangerous.
“I'm an hacker, not a computer criminal, I study and attack the network to induce the administrators to improve it. My attacks are NEVER malicious purposes...” the hacker writes.