RankMyHack - A 'Hot or Not' for hackers

Sometimes hacking is about money; other times, it’s about competition, and when that happens, it is also about getting a little credit.

Enter RankMyHack.com. The site is described as the world’s “first elite hacker ranking system”, and invites people to submit proof of their Website hacks in exchange for points - the higher the points, the higher the place on the leader board.

“So far more than 1000 sites were hacked in this competition – including very high profile ones,” blogged Rob Rachwald, director of security strategy at Imperva. “How do hackers get ranked? They need to prove they have indeed hacked a site – by inserting a predetermined text into the hacked site page,” Rachwald continued. “Rankmyhack scans for that text in the page – and gives score based on how popular the website is. Lower points are awarded for XSS attacks.”