Teens charged with hacking into Pflugerville ISD computer system
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Ravikiran pantam
Jan 27, 2009, 7:01:50 AM1/27/09
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Two Pflugerville teenagers are charged with hacking into their school
districts computer system. Investigators say they gained access to
personal information, alarm codes, tests, even grades.
Police say the student hackers, both 18, broke into the Pflugerville
Independent School District's security system back in early December.
And while neither the district nor investigators would go into the
specifics of how the students managed to hack their way in, we're told
that within 24 hours of the unauthorized break-in, the district's
technology staff recognized what had happened and notified police.
Students at Hendrickson High School were stunned to learn that fellow
students Kelton Gilmore and Joshua Cook have been arrested after
investigators say they hacked their way into the security system of
Pflugerville ISD.
"I thought he got in there just to change a few grades or something, I
didn't know about this," said Brett Caswell, a senior at Hendrickson.
According to the arrest affidavit, Kelton and Josha gained access to
all of the Pflugerville Independent School District security files
which contained passwords, alarm codes, staff personal information,
school tests etc.
"I'm not exactly sure what their intent was by establishing that, from
something as innocent as boredom to something that could be even more
destructive to the school district, but the bottom line is they did
not have access or authorization to access that particular area and
there was confidential information that has to be safeguarded," said
William Edwards, the Pflugerville ISD Police Chief.
Edwards says one of the reasons the school district decided to press
charges was the more than 45-hundred dollars it cost to repair the
security damage caused by the student hackers.
"Just by having that sheer access to the administrative account, they
had to go in and put safeguards back in, to change security codes and
alarm codes throughout the district were changed, that was a fairly
large undertaking," Edwards said.
The state felony charge means Gilmore and Cook could receive anywhere
from 3-months to 2-years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
"If it’s a felony, that's serious no matter what it’s for, I mean it's
not like its a violent crime but its still pretty serious," said
Caswell.
Investigators say it's important to point out that even though the
student hackers could have changed any of their grades or test scores
as well as those of other students, they did not.
districts computer system. Investigators say they gained access to
personal information, alarm codes, tests, even grades.
Police say the student hackers, both 18, broke into the Pflugerville
Independent School District's security system back in early December.
And while neither the district nor investigators would go into the
specifics of how the students managed to hack their way in, we're told
that within 24 hours of the unauthorized break-in, the district's
technology staff recognized what had happened and notified police.
Students at Hendrickson High School were stunned to learn that fellow
students Kelton Gilmore and Joshua Cook have been arrested after
investigators say they hacked their way into the security system of
Pflugerville ISD.
"I thought he got in there just to change a few grades or something, I
didn't know about this," said Brett Caswell, a senior at Hendrickson.
According to the arrest affidavit, Kelton and Josha gained access to
all of the Pflugerville Independent School District security files
which contained passwords, alarm codes, staff personal information,
school tests etc.
"I'm not exactly sure what their intent was by establishing that, from
something as innocent as boredom to something that could be even more
destructive to the school district, but the bottom line is they did
not have access or authorization to access that particular area and
there was confidential information that has to be safeguarded," said
William Edwards, the Pflugerville ISD Police Chief.
Edwards says one of the reasons the school district decided to press
charges was the more than 45-hundred dollars it cost to repair the
security damage caused by the student hackers.
"Just by having that sheer access to the administrative account, they
had to go in and put safeguards back in, to change security codes and
alarm codes throughout the district were changed, that was a fairly
large undertaking," Edwards said.
The state felony charge means Gilmore and Cook could receive anywhere
from 3-months to 2-years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
"If it’s a felony, that's serious no matter what it’s for, I mean it's
not like its a violent crime but its still pretty serious," said
Caswell.
Investigators say it's important to point out that even though the
student hackers could have changed any of their grades or test scores
as well as those of other students, they did not.
Pantam Ravikiran
Jan 27, 2009, 7:08:12 AM1/27/09
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