Students Rewarded With iPads for 'Space Invaders' Billboard Hack

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Source : Students Rewarded With iPads for 'Space Invaders' Billboard Hack

A hack by two Serbian computer science students, though arguably harmless and fun, could have easily ended in severe punishment. Surprisingly, it didn't.

To underscore a lack of security, the students took over a billboard in downtown Belgrade and installed Space Invaders on it. They then played the classic video game on the giant screen using their iPhones for more than 20 minutes. Instead of punishing them, however, the billboard's owner rewarded the two young hackers with iPads for exposing the system's vulnerability.

Check out the video below:

 

[jamescv7]

That's a cool hack vulnerability, glad from the IT department managed to understand the way it shows how every security lacks and needs to strengthen it.