Alumnus hacks Texas A&M system

My dad is a Aggie, sorry to see his school can’t secure their systems. If anyone is from Texas they know that the Aggie’s are the butt of many jokes. (Think Polish jokes, Texas style). One of my favorites:

How do you confuse an Aggie?

Put him in a round room and tell him to pee in the corner.

Bu dum bump, I am here all week folks!

I have grown somewhat numb to yet another college getting broken into. Sadly I think the security teams at these places are in a no-win situation. A culture of openness + lots of kids + lots of juicy PII and CC data = many places to fall over and leak data. Maybe RIAA can’t stop wasting time with P2P witch hunts and let the security people at these institutes of higher learning get back to securing the information of the students and faculty. Oh I can dream…

I recently dug my archives and found a story that was fascinating more than a decade ago. Below is an excerpt:

Alumnus hacks Texas A&M system: “A recent graduate of Texas A&M University is charged with hacking into the school’s computer system and illegally accessing information on 88,000 current and former students, faculty and staff members.

Luis Castillo must appear before a magistrate judge Wednesday.”

By the way, if you wondering what happened to the student, let’s just say your guess is as good as mine. Nowadays, rather than chase these small kids trying to hack into school systems, I spend my time restoring websites that have been hacked. Like this one of a client who writes MDF stethoscope review articles. It’s a funny world; how much 10 years can bring a difference in someone’s career.

Sources Mentioned: https://www.nurselly.com/mdf-stethoscope-reviews/


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