Updating a recent post, Russ Reed reports:
A former information technology manager at a Massachusetts high school pleaded guilty Wednesday to targeting the school’s network during a cyberattack earlier this year.
Conor LaHiff, 30, of Ayer, pleaded guilty in Boston’s federal court to one count of unauthorized damage to protected computers, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. That charge was brought against him on Nov. 29.
LaHiff was formerly employed as a desktop and network manager at a public high school in Essex County until he was fired in June. Prosecutors said that after being fired, LaHiff used his administrative access to deactivate and delete thousands of Apple IDs from the school’s Apple School Manager account — software used to manage student, faculty and staff information technology resources.
Read more at WCVB.