KELO reports that the Bulldog hacking frenzy wasn't about breaking into school records and changing grades ("Ferris Bueller, you're my hero!") but about a much more... expected security breach: kids trying to get around the Internet filters [see Ben Dunsmoor, "Madison Students Suspended for Hacking," KELOLand.com, 2007.10.26].
Uh oh -- could it be the kids were just trying to get to Madison's most entertaining news source? Oh, kids, the Madville Times appreciates the readership, but if the school filter is blocking Blogspot sites, well, this blog isn't worth jail (well, not usually). Stick with the KELOLand.com highlights on school time (all very educational, guaranteed!), then read the full stories here after school. Keep those hard drives clean!
Oh, wait, the school will be cleaning the hard drives for the kids, as this little filter fracas will result in the school taking back all 400 computers and reformatting them. More fun for IT... and more fun for kids reloading all their old files and customizations while the teachers wait for everyone to get back online.
Cory -
ReplyDeleteI suspect they're recalling all of them because IT didn't lock the things down.
As they should have in the first place, if they didn't want kids monkeying with them.