Security News > 2022 > August > High-School Graduation Prank Hack

This is a fun story, detailing the hack a group of high school students perpetrated against an Illinois school district, hacking 500 screens across a bunch of schools.

During the process, the group broke into the school's IT systems; repurposed software used to monitor students' computers; discovered a new vulnerability; wrote their own scripts; secretly tested their system at night; and managed to avoid detection in the school's network.

A spokesperson for the D214 school district tells WIRED they can confirm the events in Duong's blog post happened.

They say the district does not condone hacking and the "Incident highlights the importance of the extensive cybersecurity learning opportunities the District offers to students."

The school also invited the students to a debrief, asking them to explain what they had done.

During the call, Duong says, they talked through the hack and he provided more details on ways the school could secure its system.

News URL

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/08/high-school-graduation-prank-hack.html