Student hacks into school computers, using 'Dummies' book

Associated Press

Last update: March 27, 2008 - 10:13 AM

LITTLE CHUTE, Wis. - Well, you can't fault him for reading.

Authorities found the book "Internet for Dummies" at a home of a 15-year-old boy who admitted hacking into the Little Chute School District's computers.

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

The boy, a student at Little Chute High School, faces a juvenile criminal charge and school discipline, he said.

"He was questioned and he confessed to hacking into the computers," Lee said.

The district called in a vendor to make repairs, according to documents filed Feb. 26 in Outagamie County Circuit Court. The district determined its computers had been accessed from an outside computer and traced the source to the 15-year-old's home. A subpoena of Internet provider Time Warner Cable's records also traced the source to the teen's home, the documents said.

Authorities seized the computer and the book from the boy's home last week.

The district took down its entire computer system to make several thousand dollars worth of repairs after the hacking, Lee said.

Information from: The Post-Crescent, http://www.postcrescent.com

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Information from: The Post-Crescent, http://www.postcrescent.com

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