Wow, this story really gave me a flashback to the 80’s. I remember watching as Ferris Bueller hacked into the school computers to change his grades. That was one of the early influences that helped shape my career. Glad to see that the spirit lives on. I do think that the Fort Bend Independent School District school board is going overboard on the investigation.
From UPI:
Four Texas high school students are accused of hacking into school district computers to change the marks of at least 60 pupils, school authorities said.
The four suspects are students at Hightower High School in Missouri City, Texas, where the altered grades appeared, the Houston Chronicle reported Saturday.
The Fort Bend Independent School District has suffered a monetary loss of at least $190,000 because of the incident, which makes it a potential felony, investigators said.
Court documents reportedly do not give details explaining how investigators calculated the losses.
$190K for a school computer stunt? Me thinks they doth protest too much. I would be very interested to see how they arrived at that grand amount.
I’ve always identified more with “War Games” for changing grades myself.
@DeadParrot
Ha! I had forgotten about that one entirely. That certainly qualifies.
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actually Ferris changed his days of absence, wargames changed grades.
@CG
Augh. How embarrassing. My pop culture reference has fallen on its face. I’ve pulled both movies out of the archives and I’m going to watch them this afternoon as a penance.