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Former student pleads guilty to hacking school payroll data
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:48:13 +0000 (UTC)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org> http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/mar/25/former-student-pleads-guilty-to-hacking-school-pay/ By Howard Buck Columbian staff writer The Columbian March 25, 2010 A 21-year-old former Evergreen Public Schools student has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in connection with a computerized payroll security breach last November that put more than 5,000 past and current Vancouver district school employees at risk of identity theft. Christopher Berge, last known to reside in Oregon City, Ore., was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday by Clark County Superior Court Judge Roger Bennett. Berge pleaded guilty to counts of first-degree computer trespass; second-degree identity theft; forgery; and possession of methamphetamine. The news was announced late Wednesday by e-mail from Vancouver Superintendent Steve Webb to district administrators, and passed to other employees today. Webb wrote that the pleas brought "closure" to the data breach uncovered last Nov. 9. Webb's e-mail said Berge had "shoulder-surfed" a password from an Evergreen school employee while still a student there. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () datalossdb org) Archived at http://seclists.org/dataloss/ Get business, compliance, IT and security staff on the same page with CREDANT Technologies: The Shortcut Guide to Understanding Data Protection from Four Critical Perspectives. The eBook begins with considerations important to executives and business leaders. http://www.credant.com/campaigns/ebook-chpt-one-web.php
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