Cyber-Security Concerns Mount as Student Hacking Hits Schools

Districts Straining to Safeguard Online Networks

By Rhea R. Borja

In suburban Chicago, four high school students hacked into their school’s computer network in October and tampered with their grades.

That same month, an 18-year-old in Sacramento, Calif., was arraigned on 89 felony counts for hacking into his school district’s network.

And in Massillon, Ohio, three high school students cost their district at least $400,000 after they penetrated school computers last summer to raise grades...

This article is available to subscribers only.

To keep reading this article and more, subscribe now or purchase this article.

Already have an account? Please login.

Subscribe to Education Week and Save

Get a full year and save up to 45%!

Premium Online + Print

37 issues + Online Access
$89

You Save 45%

SUBSCRIBE NOW

(See details.)

Premium Online

12 Months Online Access
$74

You Save 38%

SUBSCRIBE NOW

(See details.)

Most Popular Stories

Viewed

Emailed

Recommended

Commented

Sponsored Whitepapers

• E-Policy Essentials for Schools, Write a Definitive Acceptable Use Policy

• Math Intervention - From Best Practice to Next Practice

• Motivation & Personalization: Middle School Math

• Teaching Self-Regulation Skills to Close the Income-Based Achievement Gap

• Can response systems improve learning outcomes?

• Unique Challenges Facing K-12 IT Professionals

• 10 Steps for Migrating Curriculum to Common Core

• The Educational Promise of Social Media

• Broad Knowledge Drives Literacy

• Using Collaboration to Impact Teaching & Learning

• Data Systems That Help Schools Make a Difference

• Great Books Programs Fit the CCSS

MORE EDUCATION JOBS >>
Post a Job >>