On February 1, 2000, officers with the Kent State University Police Services executed a search warrant at 340 Verder Hall located on the Kent campus. The search warrant was issued in connection with a criminal investigation being conducted by the campus police regarding the illegal access to and alterations made to a Kent State University web server. Police suspect that a group of persons developed a web page and attached it to the web server and in doing so damaged some of the contents on the server. Repairs to the server are currently being made.
Recent inquiries to the University suggest that there is a concern over whether or not the police have obtained the search warrant due to the contents of the groups web page. This is not correct. Assistant Chief of Police Daniel FitzPatrick said," The contents of the web page and the types of games played on it have never been issues which concerned the police. The illegal access to it and the costly repairs needed to restore it are the focus of our concern". FitzPatrick said the crimes being investigated are Unauthorized Use of a Computer System, a felony of the fifth degree, and Tampering With Records, a felony of the third degree. The computer believed to be used to access the server is being held as evidence by police. No arrests have been made
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On February 1, 2000, officers with the Kent State University Police Services executed a search warrant at 340 Verder Hall located on the Kent campus. The search warrant was issued in connection with a criminal investigation being conducted by the campus police regarding the illegal access to and alterations made to a Kent State University web server. Police suspect that a group of persons developed a web page and attached it to the web server and in doing so damaged some of the contents on the server. Repairs to the server are currently being made. Recent inquiries to the University suggest that there is a concern over whether or not the police have obtained the search warrant due to the contents of the groups web page. This is not correct. Assistant Chief of Police Daniel FitzPatrick said," The contents of the web page and the types of games played on it have never been issues which concerned the police. The illegal access to it and the costly repairs needed to restore it are the focus of our concern". FitzPatrick said the crimes being investigated are Unauthorized Use of a Computer System, a felony of the fifth degree, and Tampering With Records, a felony of the third degree. The computer believed to be used to access the server is being held as evidence by police. No arrests have been made