School system investigating Churchill students who may have changed grades
..."In response to this incident, we will be limiting what actions can be done using a USB device. So, for instance, a person may be able to save a document to a thumb drive, but will not be able to run a program off of a USB device," Tofig wrote in an e-mail to The Gazette.
The issue of students changing grades and people attempting to break into MCPS data systems is "not new," Tofig wrote. Walt Whitman High School principal Alan Goodwin confirmed that a student hacker broke into the grading system at Whitman last fall after plugging into the school's network through a personal laptop...
...Principal Joan Benz did not return calls for comment...
...Teachers are in the process of checking and verifying that student grades for this school year are correct, Tofig said. The investigation will not delay the issuing of second quarter report cards today, Tofig said...
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