Student charged with stealing test answers with high-tech device

[rainbow4321]

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D880LOJ00.html


A student has been accused of attaching a keystroke-recording device onto a teacher's computer to steal test answers.

The 17-year-old was charged with breach of computer information, a misdemeanor punishable by up to 180 days in jail and a $2,000 fine.

Fort Bend Independent School District spokeswoman Mary Ann Simpson said the teenager acknowledged attaching the device in November when the teacher wasn't looking.

School district police got a tip in mid-December that the student was trying to sell the answers, Simpson said.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

1. 180 days in jail, a 2k fine

and a scholarship of his choosing.

this kid should get an A on account of his technical accumen and balls.

[Salviati]

6. Meh

about the only technological acumen involved in putting in a keystroke logger, other than knowing they exist, is the ability to use a credit card to buy one. He likely has no more technological prowess then your average script kiddie...

[Psephos]

9. You might feel differently if an identity thief stole your credit card #s

Technical acumen is a lot less valuable than moral acumen, in my opinion.

[w4rma]

11. Sorry. Ethics is more important. (nt)

[bluestateguy]

2. I want the book thrown at this kid

6 months in jail, and every college this kid applies to should be informed of his crimes.

[sasquatch]

3. Well, someone has a future with Diebold

[theorist]

4. Note that the only reason he got caught was that he

tried to sell the answers. Otherwise, he would have gotten away with it. (Unless he had bragged about it, I suppose.)

[VegasWolf]

5. Good, a future PhD in Comp Sci! n/t

[NashVegas]

7. More Likely an MBA

just a feeling. Possibly Marketing for the Bachelors'

[VegasWolf]

8. ROFL!

[Robert Oak]

10. CEO only he got busted, so many a fired CEO n/t