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Authorities believe the Miami Dade school district experienced a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack (see illustration). Designed to overwhelm the bandwidth of the targeted system. There are two types of DoS attacks: One is designed to crash services and the other is designed to flood services. The most serious attack is distributed. [1]
Many K-12 school districts use Internet filters to block material deemed inappropriate for a school setting. [87] [88] The federal government leaves decisions about what to filter or block to local authorities. However, critics assert that such decisions should be made by a student's parents or guardian.
A security hacker or security researcher is someone who explores methods for breaching defenses and exploiting weaknesses in a computer system or network. [1] Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, such as profit, protest, information gathering, [2] challenge, recreation, [3] or evaluation of a system weaknesses to assist in formulating defenses against potential hackers.
The Glendale Unified School District did not disclose how much personal information was stolen, but they notified 14,000 former and current employees about the data breach.
Even though technology has made many aspects of our lives easier, it often comes with a price. More of us are working from home and increasingly conducting personal business online.
May 18, 2008 (aged 24) Pinecrest, Florida , U.S. Jonathan Joseph James (December 12, 1983 – May 18, 2008) was an American hacker (a gray hat ethical hacker ) who was the first juvenile incarcerated for cybercrime in the United States. [ 1 ]
Hacking has become less complex as hacking communities disseminate their knowledge through the internet. [ citation needed ] Blogs and social networks have contributed substantially to information sharing, so that beginners can benefit from older hackers' knowledge and advice.
The crime rates included both violent and non-violent crime, as reported to both campus security authorities and local law enforcement in the 2012 to 2013 school year.