Student Charged With Three Felonies For Finding Security Flaw — and Report 547
Well, yet another teenage hacker who "did the right thing" by reporting a security flaw is being punished for his actions. Although it definitely sounds like the whole story may not be in the clear yet, a 15-year-old New York high school student has been charged with three felonies claiming that he accessed a file containing social security numbers, driver's license numbers, and home addresses of past and present employees ... and then sent an anonymous email to the principal alerting him to the security flaw. "All that was needed to access the information was a district password. School officials have admitted that thousands of students, faculty and employees could have accessed the same file for up to two weeks."
Re:Anonymous (Score:5, Funny)
The astounding part is that the same IT department that left the security hole open succeeded in tracking the kid down. I don't think anyone would have seen that coming.
Re:That will show them. (Score:1, Funny)
"Simon Grybgersczywy" no idea who he is but he was obviously at the back of the queue when the vowels were handed out.
Next time try wardriving (Score:3, Funny)
Film rights? (Score:3, Funny)
Oh, wait, too late... [imdb.com]
Re:Improper disclosure? (Score:3, Funny)
Logging in and poking around is like seeing the open fly and reaching in to see what you can find on the other side.
Maybe we should just stick to car analogies. This one is starting to become quite weirdly uncomfortable.