Hackers Target Ivy League Universities
Two grey hat hacker collectives joined forces and launched an operation called Op Ivy, intended to reveal the large number of vulnerabilities present in the official websites of major universities, first ones on the list being Brown University, Columbia University, Dartmouth University, Cornell University, Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.
TeamHav0k is known for identifying security holes in sites managed by universities, but now they’re being aided by Zer0Lulz in trying to alert webmasters on the flaws and the dangers they pose. “Two security teams have joined up and have found Cross-Site-Scripting vulnerabilities in the top Colleges in America. It is truly outstanding how these financially stable communities are unable to pay for security,” the hackers wrote in a statement.
