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Middle school student facing felony for cybercrime
- paulhauggis 12y agoI don't really see this as 'hacking'. He used an administrative password that he was given and changed a background image to something that embarrassed the teacher. This sort of thinking is a big problem in society today. Someone embarrasses or offends a person and they want extreme punishment and don't care about the consequences. The worst part? The government, businesses, and institutions allow it.
- maxerickson 12y agoA student observed a teacher typing in the password. It was not given to the students. So it seems clear enough that the access is unauthorized. He should not be charged with a felony though.
- freehunter 11y agoIt certainly is hacking. A system was secured and the access was not authorized by the owner of the system. It's not a sophisticated hack, in the same way that sliding a credit card through a door to defeat a poorly designed door lock is not a sophisticated way of breaking and entering, but it's breaking and entering none the less. However, charging a kid with a criminal offense for showing interest in probably the biggest growing field in IT today isn't going to do wonders for his future creativity. He'll probably become a lawyer instead of a Certified Ethical Hacker.