Re: Rank My Hack

["Everett, Alex D" <alex.everett () UNC EDU>]

Can anyone validate any of these?
My concern is that some of the claims seem quite dubious.
Well, I do see that finding an XSS is considered 'hacked'.

Sincerely,

Alex Everett, CISSP, CCNA
University of North Carolina

On Aug 31, 2011, at 1:24 PM, Nick Giacobe wrote:

You all might want to check out the new site RankMyHack to see if your sites have been compromised and listed on the 
leaderboard.

68 edu sites are listed in the current list of hacks at http://www.rankmyhack.com/hacks.php

Here is some very recent press about the RankMyHack Site:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/its-official-hacking-has-been-gamified/2011/08/30/gIQALidWrJ_blog.html
http://gizmodo.com/5836145/rankmyhack-gives-you-achievement-points-for-your-ballsiest-cyber-attacks


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Nick Giacobe
Research Technologist V and Ph.D Candidate
College of Information Sciences and Technology
Penn State University
101 Information Sciences and Technology Building
University Park, PA 16802


Sincerely,

Alex Everett, CISSP, CCNA
Information Security Office
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
919.445.9393