DataBreaches.Net

Menu
  • About
  • Breach Notification Laws
  • Privacy Policy
  • Transparency Report
Menu

NC: High school students charged with hacking into school computers

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Dissent

So simple a child could do it? Fox46 reports:

Iredell County, NC – Seven high school students were charged in an Iredell County campus computer breach.

On Tuesday, September 1, Iredell Statesville School System reported to the sheriff’s office they has been hacked. The school believed the suspects were students at the school. The ISS IT Department quickly stopped the breach with a new password and additional security procedures, according to police.

Read more on Fox46.

The Statesville Record & Landmark provides additional details:

Seven Lake Norman High School students are charged with accessing computers of other students after one obtained the administrative password, said Iredell Sheriff Darren Campbell.

Martin J. Edmund Jr., 17, of Freshwater Lane, Mooresville; Gregory Matthew Torney, 17, of Windy Knoll Lane, Mooresville; Jake Donnelley Leffew, 18, of Easton Drive, Mooresville; Grayson Noble Baker, 16, of West Mananta Road, Mooresville; Joshua Stephen Miller, 17, of Dedham Loop, Mooresville; and two 14-year-old boys were all charged with accessing computers without authorization, Campbell said. Baker and Miller were released to the custody of their parents and the other three, Edmund, Torney and Leffew, were given $1,500 bonds.

Read more on Statesville Record & Landmark.

 

Category: Education SectorHackU.S.

Post navigation

← AU: Leaked documents: 31 ‘identified’ privacy breaches not too bad, says Department of Veterans Affairs
Canadian physician facing disciplinary charges over snooping in patients’ records →

Now more than ever

"Stand with Ukraine:" above raised hands. The illustration is in blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine's flag.

Search

Browse by Categories

Recent Posts

  • Mysterious leaker GangExposed outs Conti kingpins in massive ransomware data dump
  • Resource: HoganLovells Asia-Pacific Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity Guide 2025
  • Class action settlement following ransomware attack will cost Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center about $52 million
  • Comstar LLC agrees to corrective action plan and fine to settle HHS OCR charges
  • Australian ransomware victims now must tell the government if they pay up
  • U.S. Sanctions Cloud Provider ‘Funnull’ as Top Source of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams
  • Victoria’s Secret takes down website after security incident
  • U.S. Government Employee Arrested for Attempting to Provide Classified Information to Foreign Government
  • St. Cloud Provides Update on Ransomware Attack in 2024
  • Bradford Health Systems detected abnormal network activity in December 2023. They first sent out breach notices this week.

No, You Can’t Buy a Post or an Interview

This site does not accept sponsored posts or link-back arrangements. Inquiries about either are ignored.

And despite what some trolls may try to claim: DataBreaches has never accepted even one dime to interview or report on anyone. Nor will DataBreaches ever pay anyone for data or to interview them.

Want to Get Our RSS Feed?

Grab it here:

https://databreaches.net/feed/

RSS Recent Posts on PogoWasRight.org

  • Resource: HoganLovells Asia-Pacific Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity Guide 2025
  • She Got an Abortion. So A Texas Cop Used 83,000 Cameras to Track Her Down.
  • Why AI May Be Listening In on Your Next Doctor’s Appointment
  • Watch out for activist judges trying to deprive us of our rights to safe reproductive healthcare
  • Nebraska Bans Minor Social Media Accounts Without Parental Consent
  • Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
  • The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database

Have a News Tip?

Email: Tips[at]DataBreaches.net

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Contact Me

Email: info[at]databreaches.net

Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

DMCA Concern: dmca[at]databreaches.net
© 2009 – 2025 DataBreaches.net and DataBreaches LLC. All rights reserved.