Education

US school network falls victim to child hacker

Richard Thurston May 26, 2008

Local authority races to upgrade its system security as the second teenager in five months breaches its network defences, copying 55,000 records

Academics warn of fingerprint biometrics weaknesses

Ericka Chickowski January 24, 2007

Experts from the University of California, Davis warned this week that the reliability of fingerprint biometrics has declined considerably due to technological concerns and a growing world population.

New Jersey duo arrested for changing grades with unauthorized network access

Dan Kaplan January 11, 2007

A student and a recent graduate of a Cherry Hill, N.J. high school have been charged with using unauthorized access privileges to change students' grades.

Hacker cracks University of Arizona network, may have breached employee information

Frank Washkuch Jr. January 10, 2007

A hacker may have obtained the personal information of University of Arizona employees, as well as details of the institution's financial transactions.

Congressional aide tries to hire hackers to change college grades - but the joke's on him

Dan Kaplan December 28, 2006

A Texas Christian University (TCU) graduate who solicited two hackers to infiltrate the college's database to improve his grade point average - but was instead strung along by the pair in an often humorous exchange of emails - has been fired after it emerged he was the top aide to a Montana congressman.

Class president with password access charged with changing grades

Frank Washkuch Jr. December 14, 2006

In a textbook case of insider misuse of password access, the senior class president of a Florida high school was arrested this week and charged with a felony for grade-tampering.

UCLA notifies 800,000 of personal data hack

Ericka Chickowski December 12, 2006

The University of California, Los Angeles alerted 800,000 people today that their personal information may have been compromised after discovering that hackers have been exploiting an undetected security hole in a database for more than a year.