chron.com — Four high school students are being investigated on suspicion of breaking into the Fort Bend Independent School District's computer network and changing the grades of at least 60 students. Investigators estimated the financial loss to the school district at more than $190,000, making the case a possible felony...
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xkorbinMay 4, 2008
When I was in an engineering class we would have a teacher lock our screens everyday. I made a VBscript for U3 execute batch file to end the service. You could still use autorun or the CD drives when the screens were locked.. this just unlocked them.
sdsoloistMay 4, 2008
"Investigators systematically followed clues that led to four students, their computers, cell phones, monitors and numerous other electronic devices."I'd like to know what clues lead to their monitors.
patrickyanMay 5, 2008
lol, I love my school district.This is also the district where they keylogged teachers, where an Asian guy made a CounterStrike map of the school, etc...
psykivMay 5, 2008
Read is one thing. Read/write/execute is something completely different.
stuffradioMay 6, 2008
For the students that had their grades changed... yes :)
spthomMay 8, 2008
You've got a great technical argument, but you can't JUST think ones and zeroes.It's a school district with tens of thousands of students. There are legitimate, teacher-initiated grade changes ALL THE TIME. Depending on the granularity of data being tracked (are we talking quarterly grades or individual assignments?) there could be either hundreds, or thousands upon thousands of grade changes to sift through.