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HS Students Steal SSNs to Prove They Can

Posted by Zonk on from the i-would-have-just-played-quake dept.

thatshortkid writes "Local news in Chicago is reporting about two Hinsdale Central High School students who breached their school's computer system and retrieved all of their peers' (plus staff's) Social Security Numbers. They claim they have destroyed the information and haven't given it out, but the SSA and FTC have been alerted for good measure. While they claim their motive was to prove that the breach could take place and no malice was involved, they face possible school disciplinary action and criminal charges."

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  1. We wore our social security numbers around our nec by meistaiwan · · Score: 1, Redundant

    We wore our social security numbers around our neck in our county. Sure, it was after the Columbine crap and during all of the security increases, but tell me what kind of security is requiring all of the students and faculty to wear ID tags with Code39 encoded social security numbers around their neck due to pure lazyness and neglegence? It's really easy to memorize Code 39, it's a * characters and numbers 0-9, so I'd ask the teachers and the vice principals to let me see their ID for a second and then hand them their social security number. Security my ass.