Canadian Student Expelled After Finding Critical Flaw in Software Used by Colleges

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Unfortunately, there’s still a very thin line between security research and hacking. That’s the lesson learned by 20-year-old Ahmed Al-Khabaz, a computer science student at Dawson College in Montreal.

According to the National Post, Al-Khabaz identified a security hole in the Omnivox software – an application used by most general and vocational colleges in Quebec – while working on a mobile app designed to allow students to access their accounts more easily.

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