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September 06, 2007, 03:26 PM ET
A Student at Texas A&M Is Charged With Hacking Its Computer System
A student at Texas A&M University has been charged with masterminding a hack attack that prompted the institution to tell more than 90,000 campus-network users to change their passwords.
Louis Castillo, a graduate student in computer science, could face five years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 if he is found guilty of charges of breaking into a database that contained network log-in names and passwords of current and former students, faculty members, and other university employees. The incident took place in February, and campus officials said then that they might have caught the intruder before he absconded with any personal information. But the attack still caused more than $5,000 in damages, as Pierce Cantrell, the university’s vice president and associate provost for information technology, told The Bryan-College Station Eagle. —Brock Read
Categories: Security, Legal-Troubles
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