Dawson College ought to be ashamed of themselves. They’re punishing a guy who did exactly the right thing. He’s already gotten job and scholarship offers, and the school looks like a bunch of bumbling idiots.
Montreal college expels student for uncovering data security breach
I used to work there. All I can say is “color me not surprised.”
Nice to see that even after a quarter of a century, Dawson College are still being administered by a bunch of fucking numb nuts!
This kind of crap was a big reason why I chose to go to Champlain college out of high school instead of Dawson as it had a bad rep even back in the late 70’s!
I’m glad the kid is getting offers from other institutions. It will, in the end, be Dawson’s loss & someone else’s gain.
S.O.P.: Cover your own ass!
SkyTech offered him a job to cover their asses. More problematic is his academic record being tarnished if Dawson does not go back on their decision.
How is unauthorized pen testing by this chump suddenly not a big deal. Glad he could save a little face but come on, no sec pro would do what he did, not in a million years. Dawson may suck, I cannot very well speak to that but the facts are: he exposed the weakness. He then went to test again, without letting anyone know (HUGE no-no in pen testing). They acted accordingly. So where is the problem? I say throw him in jail and make an example.