Here is an interesting piece that I read on Inforworld this morning.
From Inforworld:
Well, some friends and I got curious one day and decided to look into the folder where the software was, and voila – we found the Public folder. It didn’t contain much, but we located a simple .txt file that contained an alphabetical list of names and Social Security numbers. We decided to take this file, so we could have some fun with some of our more paranoid friends by walking up and greeting them as “Number ….”
Word quickly got out. Rumors spread that we had obtained a bar-code scanner and had used it to scan student IDs when the students weren’t looking. Some even suggested we hacked the server. Eventually, school administrators found out who had copies of the file and started to threaten expulsion.
Be sure to head over and read the whole piece. It’s an interesting article.
