Snitches. Let the starving college students wear clean clothes.
I don't know if CSC's response is laziness or compassion.
this post was submitted on 18 May 2024
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Definitely laziness. They already laid off or ended the contract of whichever fresh college grad from Jordan they had set up both the app and server for a couple hundred bucks, so while there's nobody to fix the flaws, there's also no ongoing maintenance costs, so they're not really losing any money.
neither, its penny pinching
This article is pointless, I mean it doesn't even have a step-by-step to make sure no one exploits it. I certainly would never use a bug in software to get free laundry.
Sounds like it's just a super basic program with zero protection. If you can figure out what the "commands" are and how to send em, that's all you need.
Interesting article. I had a good chuckle thinking about college kids getting free clean clothes. The bit about adding several million dollars to their laundry account was also humorous. Too bad the company wiped out their account. They should have just left it there and fixed the security flaw as a way to say thanks for the heads up. Like you saved us a ton of money, keep your several million dollars and have free laundry for life LOL. Not quite the run of the mill security flaw I would have been expecting to read about
Wait, are CSC Service Works paying for the electric, laundry detergent, etc... or is this just a convoluted way of leasing the use of a washing machine?
You've never used a Laundromat?
Yeah, we don't have laundromats in my country except for student housing and similar facilities. Laundry machines are ubiquitous in houses and apartments, even the small crappy ones.
Is that a wired concept?
Yes, they typically need to be plugged in.
I forgot that some people just have their mommy wash their panties, I guess.
I was referring to specifically using a laundromat. I've never once stepped foot in one let alone used it.
I was replying to the "wired" concept about which you voiced confusion.
It's quite common to have a small one in apartment complexes and dormitories as well.
I think they mean weird, not wired
The bad side of this is if someone was to zero out all balances of every user. I wonder if it is possible to do that or just add to the balance. And let's go worse, sending every balance to negative (because they could be too lazy to check for this).
Looks like these students just found the ultimate hack for clean clothes! Kudos to their keen eyes and tech-savvy minds. But let's hope this discovery leads to tighter security measures rather than a sudden surge in laundry day lineups!