Monday, June 3, 2002

Hacker charged $5 a time to change grades on school computer Pupils' grades at a Florida high school are being re-examined after one admitted hacking into a computer and changing them for $5 a time. Two pupils have been suspended for 10 days following the incident at Western High School in Davie. No criminal charges have been filed. It's not known how many records were changed, but one student has admitted to altering 20 grades or attendance records.[Ananova] 17:50 # G!

Web glitch exposed Fidelity accounts Canadian account holders information was accessible, AP, 29 May 2002 A design flaw at a Fidelity Investments online service accessible to 300,000 people allowed Canadian account holders to view other customers' account activity. The problem was discovered over the weekend by Ian Allen, a computer studies professor at Algonquin College in Ottawa. Fidelity said it had fixed the problem and was offering customers the option of changing account numbers. http://www.msnbc.com/news/758979.asp [Monty Solomon via risks-digest Volume 22, Issue 12] 5:57 # G!