TargetX vulnerability post

[Brian Kelly <bkelly () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

All,
Please see the post below that was published yesterday by a 17-year-old "security researcher".
Institutions using TargetX for admissions CRM will want to read\review.

https://d4stiny.github.io/Hacking-College-Admissions/<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd4stiny.github.io%2FHacking-College-Admissions%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C09e9958d1ead4ea33f7e08d6b932b30a%7Cdd4b037fe626495db0170cc0f7dddb37%7C0%7C0%7C636900024742508437&sdata=zlDUELCQzG%2BTabHdmn2GKNfWmUSRuW5JaqvOugnkwuA%3D&reserved=0>
Hacking College 
Admissions<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd4stiny.github.io%2FHacking-College-Admissions%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C09e9958d1ead4ea33f7e08d6b932b30a%7Cdd4b037fe626495db0170cc0f7dddb37%7C0%7C0%7C636900024742518446&sdata=FF6V0f9L6Cb%2BiBSLhKA8BSjr%2B7Ki5rwYrruSYaMr4nE%3D&reserved=0>
d4stiny.github.io
Getting into college is one of the more stressful time of a high school student's life. Since the admissions process 
can be quite subjective, students have to consider a variety of factors to convince the admissions officers that 
"they're the one". Some families do as much as they can to improve their chances - even going as far as trying to cheat 
the system. For wealthier families, this might be donating a very large amount to the school or as we've heard in the 
news recently, bribing school officials.

Brian


Brian Kelly
Director, Cybersecurity Program

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