Former Weber State U. student pleads guilty in computer security breach

An update to a previously noted breach. Michael Anderson Kruse reports:

Former Weber State University student Joseph Langford pleaded guilty to burglary on Tuesday morning.

The Weber County attorneys charged Langford in connection with a theft and security breach in the WSU College of Science in April. Judge Scott Hadley set the sentencing date for Nov. 10.

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According to a report from the Weber State Police Department, Langford was seen on security footage picking a lock and photographing tests from a filing cabinet. Police say Langford placed a device on computers in the science lab building in order to obtain the login and password information of students and faculty.

Langford used the passwords to get into one professor’s Amazon.com account and make purchases, according to police records. Information from almost 1,200 people was put at risk due to the breach, university officials have said.