US News Teen used 'Dummies' book to hack school computers

[The Helper]

LITTLE CHUTE — Police searching the residence of a 15-year-old boy who admitted hacking into the Little Chute School District's computers found a copy of the book "Internet for Dummies."

"He was self-taught and self-motivated in that regard," said Lt. Ray Lee of the Fox Valley Metro Police Department.

Lee said the boy, a Little Chute High School student, faces a juvenile criminal charge and school discipline.

"He was questioned and he confessed to hacking into the computers so he has been referred to juvenile intake on one count of violating the Wisconsin computer crimes statute," Lee said.

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Looks like there was one book he read that the school IT person did not.

 

[duyen]

Oh shit, I could go to juvie for this? I do it all the time.

 

[darkRae]

Computers in schools are not as heavily protected as our computers.
My school computers don't even have an Antivirus or Antispyware, yet having Internet.
Much less protected from hackers.

 

[UnknowVector]

My school's computers have AV, however, they are so facking old that the AV burns more of the CPU than the worms it should (but doesn't...) stop.