Two of accused hacker trio allowed back in Bay High classes

2005-09-20 08:07

http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050919/APN/509191190 The Associated Press PANAMA CITY, Fla. September 19, 2005 Two of the three students accused of hacking into a Bay County computer system and changing grades for friends have since been allowed back in class, but the third was expelled for one semester. Beau Brothers, 16, was expelled after three of five county school board members voted to support the move. Brothers was charged with offense against intellectual property, a felony, earlier this month. His alleged cohorts, Jeremiah Mason and Kyle Parkinson, both 16, served suspensions before returning to school. They are charged with being a principal to offense against intellectual property, also a felony. Brothers committed the crime while Mason and Parkinson "assisted," sheriff's investigator Paul Vecker told The News Herald of Panama City for its Tuesday editions. The teens reportedly gained access to the system when a teacher allowed them to use a computer that was linked to the programs storing grades and school attendance records. The students were not given passwords to the system, but were able to gain entry anyhow. Teachers discovered the grade changes when they routinely checked grade books to make sure they matched report cards. The alleged hackers were in advanced computer classes and didn't need to change their own grades because they were good students, school officials said. _________________________________________ InfoSec News v2.0 - Coming Soon! http://www.infosecnews.org

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