Re: Rank My Hack

[David Gillett <gillettdavid () FHDA EDU>]

  A supposed hack of "fhda.edu" is currently ranked #87 on that site, but I
cannot find any sign of the embedded text that the site purports to use to
verify such claims.  Perhaps "current" is not really the right adjective.
 
David Gillett

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From: Nick Giacobe [mailto:nxg13 () PSU EDU] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 10:25
To: SECURITY () listserv educause edu
Subject: [SECURITY] Rank My Hack



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-ha
s-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