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I disagree. Many major organizations have been quite grateful to learn about vulnerabilities in their websites. For example, Google recently offered $3.14159 million in total prizes for persons that could hack Chrome OS as described at [Google</a> Offers $3.14159 Million In Total Rewards For Chrome OS Hacking Contest - Forbes](<a href=“http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/01/28/google-offers-3-14159-million-in-total-rewards-for-chrome-os-hacking-contest/]Google”>Google Offers $3.14159 Million In Total Rewards For Chrome OS Hacking Contest) . Stanford has shown preference towards applicants that win major awards in hackathons and has an annual Stanford vs Cal hackathon , as described at <a href=“http://stanfordacm.com/hackathon/[/url]”>http://stanfordacm.com/hackathon/</a> (note that company names that appear on the sponsors list) . A few months ago a Stanford professor who was known as a computer hacker won the Nobel prize. Hackers have a history of being successful in Stanford’s tech startup culture. Of course Stanford also values moral integrity. The business school once automatically rejected applicants who tried to hack into their admission files. So I’d expect finding a vulnerability in the Stanford website is positive, but trying to exploit that vulnerability to your benefit is likely to get you rejected or worse.</p>