Student charged with keeping teachers from grading

[Are_grits_groceries]

CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. -- A high school computer whiz didn't get a high grade for a recent feat: designing software to shut teachers out of the grading system.

A New York State Police spokeswoman says 16-year-old Matthew Beighey has been charged with unauthorized use of a computer and third-degree identity theft. He was ordered to return to court Wednesday.

The school district says the teenager temporarily blocked teachers' ability to enter grades at the high school in upstate Clifton Park. They needed technical support to regain access.

http://www.thestate.com/weird/story/826389.html

*snort* They need way better security.

[ejpoeta]

1. too bad that kid will get kicked out probably when he should be going to college

with a scholarship if he is that good at computers. Get him on the good side. But it's tough because you sure don't want to reward that kind of stuff.

[Deja Q]

2. And who says American kids are dumb, hence the reason to offshore?

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. Knowing the level of technical sophistication in most schools he probably left the CAPS LOCK key on

or some such when a teacher who gave him their password asked him to show them how to download *good stuff* from the WWW.

[surrealAmerican]

4. I'm surprised the school decided to press charges.

There was no permanent harm done, and it makes them look incompetent.