Nerf-Coated World

Uh, oops

A hacker figured out how to get Harvard Business School's online application system to give up whether a student had been accepted a full month before the acceptance letters were to be mailed out. He then posted step-by-step instructions for applicants so that they, too, could determine whether they were in.

119 students who had been accepted followed up and got the good news. All 119 got their acceptance revoked.

Posted by Matt at March 8, 2005 9:05 PM