Iain Thomson reports: Three high school juniors have been arrested after they devised a sophisticated hacking scheme to up their grades and make money selling quiz answers to their classmates. The students are accused of breaking into the janitor’s office of California’s Palos Verdes High School and making a copy of the master key, giving…
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IL: Report cards mistakenly delivered to emergency contacts
Melissa Jenco reports: Naperville Unit District 203 may not get very high marks in the subject of report card distribution this semester. The district recently learned copies of some high school students’ report cards were accidentally sent to the person listed as their emergency contact. Chief Information Officer Roger Brunelle said a vendor made an…
NE: Student Allegedly Admits Hacking School’s Computer Network
Channel 6 News has obtained a copy of a search warrant that was issued for a Millard High School. The document details how a student used an application on his cell phone to hack into the school’s computer network. According to court documents, the Horizon High School student was then able have official, private school…
IN: IU Information Security responds to hacking of President’s Challenge website
Kirsten Clark reports: Last semester the President’s Challenge website tracked IU [Indiana University] employees’ nutrition and exercise progress throughout their participation in the Healthy IU fitness competition. On Jan. 19, those same IU employees received an email from President’s Challenge officials delivering some alarming news. “We are writing to inform you about a security issue…
Update: Victoria university’s hard drives found with thieves’ note
Some of the computer devices stolen from the University of Victoria earlier this month have been recovered, along with a repentant note from the thieves that police are finding hard to believe. A postal worker found the hard drives and other computer devices in a green garbage bag stuffed in a mailbox in the nearby…
Univ. of Hawaii settles data breach class action
AP reports: The University of Hawaii will provide two years of credit protection services to settle a class-action lawsuit involving data breaches involving nearly 100,000 students, faculty, alumni and staff between 2009 and 2011, officials and attorneys announced Thursday. Read more on Canadian Business.