University of Melbourne: Hacked Credentials Out of Date (Exclusive)

[win7holic]

After a hacker called St0rm managed to break into five of the internet domains owed by the University of Melbourne, exposing more than 1000 sets of credentials and other information, the institution's representatives came forward giving explanations on their side of the story.

As a reply to my inquiry on the incident, University of Melbourne representatives claim they are well aware of the hacking, but they state that there's no evidence to point that any sensitive information was exposed.

“Last week a hacker gained access to a University web server and obtained several old and out of date user IDs and passwords,” said John DuBois, director of Corporate Affairs at University of Melbourne. “On all evidence to hand, no sensitive information was exposed.”

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[AyeAyeCaptain]

As if they knew about it, totally BS the Uni are talking, I do believe the hacker and that he has tried to contact them, maybe they looked into it after he said, but just a brief look, not monitor...

Regardless of been old and outdated, as the article says, there is something wrong and nothing should be exposed more or less.... I do find it a tad annoying that people refuse to work with hackers who report such things, they do it because they find it stimulating, and if they really wanting to do proper damage, nothing would be said and they would find every hole in their security and go to town on them.

Some people just let their Ego get in the way, nothing is faultless, it's always waiting to be discovered....