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Felony Charges For H.S. Hacking

Posted by Zonk on from the barely-even-hacking dept.

jayrtfm writes "Last year the Kurtztown Area High School approved a program which gave every student an iBook. Now 13 students face felony charges for violating the district's usage policy." From the article: "Shrawder said the secret password '50Trexler,' was widely-known among the student body and distributed early in the school year. It allowed between 80 and 100 students to reconfigure their laptops, he said. The more computer-savvy students began to disable the administrations' ability to spy on the students' computer use. For others, it became a game, trying to outsmart the administration and compete with fellow students who held the secret, Shrawder said."

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  1. password by bnitsua · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hope they had the sense to change their password...

  2. Incorrect Story by Manip · · Score: 4, Funny

    Should read ... - "For the administrators to monitor the students computer usage and for students that held the secret password to monitor one another. In order to keep the student's privacy safe while using the badly configured laptops the students had to get in and change the password. Upset by the fact they where made to look like noobs the school district are now bringing charges on all students that changed the password. When ask for comment the network admin had to say "I have an MCP, I think I can configure some laptops securely, the students are just messing with stuff using illegal haxor tools that they downloaded off P2P, I have contacted Microsoft, Apple and the MPAA about them!""

  3. Yeah, right by P0ldy · · Score: 4, Funny
    TFA:

    "I don't know why this is such a big deal," he said. "At no time was the security of the server breached, and I don't know that it has cost the taxpayers any money."


    A server breach does seem pretty impossible. Considering the complexity of the password and how few people knew it, it's doubtful they wouldn't know if the server was breached anyway.
  4. Re:It was an asinine password anyway by Dhalka226 · · Score: 3, Funny

    50 Trexler Ave.
    Kutztown, PA 19530

    I originally read that as "Klutztown." I was laughing at the irony when I realized my mistake. What a let down.