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Microsoft Programming Contest Hacked and Defaced
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."
Anyone wonder why only some pissed off script kiddies are playing?
Engineering is the art of compromise.
The scale of the hack is pretty pathetic. Unfortunately, so is the quality of the entries. A bunch of calculator apps, a couple of twitter frontends, and a few old school arcade clones(and don't forget the cellphone stalker app. I will charitably extend the hope that all the good ideas are going to be submitted in the last few minutes, out of concern that they would be ripped off.
"All y'all penguins put your flippers on your heads, this abacus has the power of Windows Presentation Foundation!"