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Microsoft Programming Contest Hacked and Defaced

Posted by kdawson on from the star-developers dept.

davidmwilliams writes "Microsoft followed their major annual Tech-Ed event in Australia with a week-long programming contest called 'DevSta,' to find 'star developers.' While the quantity and quality of submissions suggest a poor turnout, it certainly caught the attention of at least two hackers who left their mark. Here is the low-down on the contest, what happened, by whom, and screen shots for posterity in case it's been fixed by the time you read this. And unless the volume of submissions increase dramatically within the next few hours, someone may be awarded an Xbox for doing nothing more than rewriting the Windows calculator as a .NET app."

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  1. Microsoft catching the attention of hackers? by duckInferno · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nooo.

    This isn't news. If it were, it'd carry a headline like "Microsoft Programming Contest Security Thwarts Hackers" and be about how Microsoft employed some effective security measures without subjecting all applicants to activity-monitoring rootkit DRM and attendees to cavity-searches.

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    1. Re:Microsoft catching the attention of hackers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      This isn't news. If it were, it'd carry a headline like "Microsoft Programming Contest Security Thwarts Hackers" and be about how Microsoft employed some effective security measures without subjecting all applicants to activity-monitoring rootkit DRM and attendees to cavity-searches.

      Cavity search is news to me. Where do I sign up?

    2. Re:Microsoft catching the attention of hackers? by sveard · · Score: 4, Funny

      where is the +1 disturbing moderation??

    3. Re:Microsoft catching the attention of hackers? by cjb658 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Someone is trying to hack your contest (Cancel/Allow)?

      I guess even Microsoft employees are just used to clicking 'Allow' now.

  2. XBox for rewriting calc by Finallyjoined!!! · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nobody wants an XBox that badly do they? :-)

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    1. Re:XBox for rewriting calc by zappepcs · · Score: 4, Funny

      I was going to say that :)
      XBox is hardly enough to motivate me to load windows on any machine I own. Up next, US mint authorized silver certificate reproduction copies of the hundreds of pages of the bail out bill. This authentically signed reproduction can be yours for the small price of $850 Billion US Dollars, paid in three easy payments of (damn, where's a .net calculator when you need one).

      Why don't they get a little more real... say MSDN subscription for life? Yeah, I suppose that is too much to give to a MS developer... sheesh

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    2. Re:XBox for rewriting calc by RuBLed · · Score: 4, Funny

      Microsoft said they're going to award lamerdir and ov3rlord each an elite xbox 360 as an appropriate punishment.

  3. Microsoft Programming Contest Hacked and Defaced by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 5, Funny

    So it's like all their other software then?

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  4. Was SELinux enabled? by pembo13 · · Score: 4, Funny

    They really shouldn't be running HTTP daemons without SELinux running. Such services are just too popular a target.

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  5. rewriting the windows calculator? by Punto · · Score: 5, Funny

    What about the guy who found a security hole on IIS and wrote and exploit for it? that sounds way cooler than rewriting calc.

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    1. Re:rewriting the windows calculator? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      What about the guy who found a security hole on IIS and wrote and exploit for it? that sounds way cooler than rewriting calc.

      Easier too.

  6. Obligatory by zooblethorpe · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not even Microsoft is that cruel and unusual, surely?

    They are. And don't call me Shirley.

    Cheers,

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    1. Re:Obligatory by Rayban · · Score: 4, Funny

      Looks like I picked the wrong week to ditch C#.

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  7. Re: Disturbing? Nah. by TaoPhoenix · · Score: 4, Funny

    He clearly means Dentistry software. Manage the patient's records, search cavities...

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  8. Re:Let me be the first to say by dhalgren · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news, Alanis Morissette is found posting on Slashdot under the name 'db32'.