Mark Zaretsky reports: Police are investigating a complaint that a school official may have violated a federal law by showing student records — the records of a Board of Education member’s child — to another Board of Education member who is not related to the student in question, police and school officials said. “We are…
Category: Youth & Schools
Man charged with using hacked computers for extortion
A man who claims to be affiliated with an underground gang of hackers was arrested today on federal extortion charges that allege he hacked into dozens of computers, obtained personal data about people using the computers, and then demanded sexually explicit videos from female victims in exchange for keeping their personal information private. Luis Mijangos,…
NYC Dept. of Education Going After Teen ‘Sexting’ — In The Home
Parents and schools struggle with the role technology plays in kids’ lives. But a new push to keep them safe has some saying it goes too far. Schools now want to punish students caught “sexting” — no matter where they do it. The Department of Education wants to ban both cyber bullying and sexting in…
Singapore: NUS apologises for gaffe
Kimberly Spykerman reports: Fresh graduate Tang Shangjun was puzzled to find an embossed credit card, and a PIN number, in his mailbox from Standard Chartered Bank slightly over a week ago. As he had not applied for any credit cards, he called the bank and was perplexed to find that the card was a tie-up…