High school students steal personal information during class and are arrested

It seems that a 15-year-old boy was arrested for breaking personal information and stealing personal information during the class during the class. The boy seems to have been good at knowledge of computers, but there seemed to be various other problems and it seems that personal information was easily stolen.

It is difficult to think of only the problem of a juvenile when looking at contents, and it seems that there will be no doubt that discussion about database management will be discussed in the future.

Details are from the following.
School breach left personnel files exposed - Page 1 - Times Union - Albany NY

The 15-year-old boy who is enrolled at Shenendehowa Central Schools in Clifton Park, New York State, was browsing the personal information of the 250 transportation employees during the class using the computer. The boy accesses the database using the district password owned by anyone who lives in the district and views various personal information such as social security number, driver's license number, etc. in addition to the name of the staff It seems to be thought that it was doing.

As a juvenile sent mail to the principal's Donald Flynt that it has a database on personal information, it is discovered that personal information is leaked out. Donald Flynt told the police immediately. The boy seems to have been arrested for crime of computer intrusion, illegal occupation of personal information, theft of personal information.

L. Oliver Robinson, Chief Executive Officer, said that problems had already occurred when improving the computer system. Everyone who has a district password can access from the time of system improvement, and anyone living in that area including students can view personal information of transport employees, etc. It looks like it was supposed to be. Regarding personal information, it seemed that it could be viewed only for transportation employees, and there was no problem with other personal information.

Some transportation employees whose personal information was publicly appear to have been furious, so they met to appease and talked about future measures. According to the police, it seems that two students are involved and they are proceeding with the investigation.

According to investigators, the boy has a history of computer intrusion, but he does not seem interested in personal information. The student has been suspended for five days and perhaps may be subject to even more severe punishment.