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Your Confidential Records Available to All!

#3585
From: Saqib Ali
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 00:00
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There is a huge gaping security hole with the MARS telephone system
as I write this post. Because of this, all students' sensitive registration
records, grades, financial information is freely available to anyone with
their social security number....

Just try it.


Step 1:

Call (301) 403-0500




Step 2:

Press 3 (for financial information)



Step 3:

Press 1 for student account inquiry





Step 4:

When it asks you for a social security number, put in any students. It will then
ask you for a PIN. Put in ANY six digit number.... ANY NUMBER WORKS!!!!!


Step 5:

Listen as you find out sensitive personal account information!!!





This example is a benign one. Anyone with your social security number can drop 
all your classes for you or register you in whatever you want.

Pretty great, huh?












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From: saqib@cs.umd.edu (Saqib Ali)
Subject: Your Confidential Records Available to All!
Date: 1999/02/26
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