Dayelin Roman reports:
A 16-year-old Bethlehem High School student was arrested last week after police said he uploaded a virus into a school computer.
Police did not release the boy’s name pending the possibility of youthful offender status, but said the school’s information technology department noticed a virus being installed on the network on Feb. 2 and contacted the School Resource Officer.
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Sounds like really quick detection and action by the district’s IT department. But how did the student get access to the server? Is there another part/breach involved?
It was NOT a quick detection. The virus was going around as early as December (I found it on my flash drive), but it wasn’t until it affected teachers that the administration noticed. I personally know the creator of the virus and he’s a good kid by manners, but he’s also a bit too knowledgeable when it comes to computers and unfortunately he used the knowledge in a terrible way. I doubt he meant to cause harm, but the program was pretty annoying.