[Dataloss] TX: WISD officials investigating reported student hacking of district computers
lyger
lyger at attrition.org
Thu May 24 18:24:08 UTC 2007
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/05/23/05232007wacwisdhack.html
Waco Independent School District police are investigating whether
sensitive student and staff personal information was compromised when two
high school seniors recently hacked into the district's computer network.
Waco ISD spokesman Dale Caffey said district police have executed a search
warrant and seized the seniors' personal computers and electronic storage
devices.
He said it was not known whether the district's 15,400 students' and 2,000
employees' personal information was compromised, possibly leaving them
vulnerable to identity theft. However, student Social Security numbers
were on the server that was accessed by the hackers, he said.
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