iPod deemed a "criminal tool" in high school security breach

***wraggster*** · February 15th, 2007, 17:13

It was essentially inevitible that Nintendo's Wiimote was destined to become a weapon of mass destruction, and while we've seen folks jailed and even killed over an iPod, even we're a bit hesitant to call the blunt object a "criminal tool." Still, that's precisely what a former Clay High School junior was purportedly using when he "hacked into school personnel and student files" and transferred sensitive information to his dubious Pod. After threatening to "open up a credit card in someone's name and ruin their credit," school officials began to investigate the situation, and were quite relieved when they discovered the breach before any of the data was used with ill intentions. Currently, no court date has been set for the youngster's criminal case, but considering all the grief being endured in order to keep those files from leaving school grounds, one just has to wonder what secrets could possibly be held in those potentially steamy "personnel files."

via engadget

**-=me=-** · February 23rd, 2007, 04:12

lol, sounds like something i would do. almost as good as playing hacked vice city on a school library computer.

**scottyboynow** · February 24th, 2007, 10:21

A "Criminal Tool", man this may be serious but even more funnier.

**Smurph** · February 24th, 2007, 22:26

What an idiot. If you jack stuff from your school you don't go around yelling that you did it. I myself enjoyed being a domain admin at my high school. Did I ever tell anyone? Hell no. (Statute of limitations is up, nigs.)

Any freaking portable rewritable storage device can be used for things like this.
Also, does this mean that I'm a criminal now for having a binder full of Live linux CDs, a pile of floppies, and 4 or 5 USB sticks?

**Dark Scion** · February 25th, 2007, 04:16

Hmm, that's funny, but this isn't the first time the ipod has been accused of aided and abetting criminal activity and wrongly so I might add. Like Smurph said, practically any storage device can be deemed criminal under this definition.

**scottyboynow** · February 25th, 2007, 11:59

It was only used as iPod's are primarily the most popular and best (in my opinion) portable MP3/Video Players, so these storys would be more frequent, due to obvious reasons.

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