Cyber-Security Concerns Mount as Student Hacking Hits Schools
Districts Straining to Safeguard Online Networks
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...
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