Word: glitch
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...they’re trying to make it more difficult to find the files, but the fact is...I just was able to still see the information without logging on,” Greenspan said, as he experimented with the glitch during an interview with The Crimson...
...fact remains that what they were doing was exploiting a glitch in the website’s security to access privileged information they were not authorized to see. It’s irrelevant that the instructions to break into the system were easy to follow and required little effort. They knew the proper ways to find out about their admission’s decision and manipulating the website wasn’t one of them...
...sharing their most personal information with their individual care providers as well as with UHS pharmacists and other medical personnel. Until roughly two weeks ago, a company called PharmaCare provided UHS and its patients a means to store and access this information. Before intersession, Crimson reporters discovered a glitch in the system that allowed any internet user on Harvard’s network to generate a complete list of prescription medications purchased by individual students through the UHS pharmacy. The reporters used only the last name of a student and an ID number—easily obtained through other Harvard...
Among those who could have been affected by the glitch were students with “secure flags,” which mandate that their personal information be kept absolutely secret. The purpose of these flags is to protect students who have legitimate reason to fear a leak of this information—celebrities or those in political asylum, or even students fearing a stalker. Health Services’ mistake compromised the safety of these students...
Until yesterday afternoon, exploiting such vulnerabilities could have been made easier by the long-standing glitch in the polling tool. The website, which allows people to design and conduct surveys, enabled anyone—with or without Harvard affiliation—to search the entire Harvard directory by first or last name, e-mail address or Harvard ID number. Unlike other campus directories, the system did not hide users who have requested FERPA security from the University, or respect other user-set restrictions on the distribution of their directory data...