Re:RTFA before commenting... (Score 1)

Yeah, something like this happened at my university a couple of years back. A student found a vulnerability that allowed root access, and sent an email to both the IT department and the CS department. Of course, the CS department fixed it right away, but when the IT department didn't do anything about it, he sent them an email as root reminding them again of the vulnerability. As you might expect, the IT dept flipped out and tried to get him expelled for such and such offence, but fortunately rationality prevailed and he was let off.