'A' Student Hack School Computer, Gives Himself a 'D'
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by Vern Seward, 2:30 PM EST, December 19th, 2002
The reason most hackers would bother poking at a school's computer is to change bad grades to good ones, or perhaps just for the malicious heck of it. Reid Ellison's reasons for sneaking into his high school's computer was not so mundane, but while he was there he did go ahead and change his grade, from an A+ to a D+ just for kicks. What else can you do when you are a 4.0 student?
According to a CNN article titled, Student gets 'A' for hacking school computer, Mr. Ellison's hacking expedition was blessed by his school because he chose to do it to fulfill one of six assignments seniors must complete in order to graduate, and he says it was a breeze to do. From the article:
The hacking project, which was sanctioned by the school, left administrators so impressed they gave him a perfect score. The school is now working on fixing the security holes.
'I'm helping them with it,' said Reid, who's been tinkering with computers since he was in second grade and wants to be an engineer. 'I basically came up with three pages to improve the security of the network in general.'
Reid's project was part of Anzar's 'exhibition' requirement. To graduate, each student must complete six exhibitions -- written and oral presentations in history, science, math and language arts.
It took three hacking programs less than a second -- 200 milliseconds to be exact -- to find the password to the school's computer, Reid said. It was the school secretary's name: Silvia.
The school has since changed the password and Reid doesn't know it, but that doesn't stop the jokes from students asking their classmate for hacking help.
It's an interesting story made more interesting for Mac users by the picture that accompanies the CNN story; it shows Reid Ellison sitting in front of a Power Mac G4. Check it out. For those keeping score at home, Mr. Ellison did change his grade back to its 4.0 status before ending his project.
The Mac Observer Spin:
Schools really do need to pay more attention to computer security. A school can have all of the best security hardware and software available; firewalls, intrusion alarms, the works, but all of that can be easily negated with poor password choices.Hack School Computer Administration
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'Silvia'? The school should get an 'F' for allowing that to happen. It really doesn't take a lot of effort to achieve a good measure of computer security. Almost no system a regular school system can afford is hack-proof, but by paying attention to simple security practices, schools can at least keep the casual hacker out.
That said, we salute Mr. Ellison and wonder if, indeed, his hacking platform of choice is a Mac.