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May 21, 2005
Like Something Out Of A Movie Hackers Hit Schools - Change Grades
Sacramento Bee: "As the Sheldon High School teacher logged on to her classroom computer, she didn't know that every keystroke of her password was being secretly recorded. In an effort to improve their grade-point averages, three students reportedly obtained a keystroke recording device and software to help them hack into the school computer system. They began changing their grades to A's and altering discipline records last May, and they were caught in October, according to officials.The three students, who have been expelled, were arraigned this month on felony charges of unauthorized access into a computer system. If convicted, they face up to three years in custody.
'These are bright kids, usually the brightest, but they don't realize they are breaking the law,' said Andrew Prestage, who advises California school districts on computer security.
But Jay Foley, who heads a San Diego-based advocacy group for victims of identity theft, is not sympathetic.
'Today's high school computer hackers may be tomorrow's master identity thieves,' said Foley, co-executive director of Identity Theft Resource Center."
Posted by Loyd at May 21, 2005 10:03 PM
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