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Protecting district computers from student hackers

Art Linkletter amused parents in the 1950s with his book, "Kids Do the Darndest Things." But school district administrators and IT staff are definitely not amused by some of the hi-tech hijinks of modern middle and high school students who find it challenging to hack district computers.

An excellent article by Senior Editor Ellen Mesmer of Network World Magazine entitled "K-12 Schools Fight to Stymie Kid Hackers" may be found at

http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/032105-hacker-kids.html

The article has useful links to statistics and prior articles and the magazine has many other useful article and features.

The article was noted last week in the FBI-sponsored Infragard Daily Open Source Report. Infragard is a public/private partnership to protect our nation's infrastructure. More information and membership application forms are available at http://www.infragard.net and information about the Buffalo chapter is at http://www.infragard.net/Chapters/Buffalo or by contacting Harry Meyer at 848-1417 or hmeyer@hodgsonruss.com. Harry is a partner in our Real Estate and Finance Practice Group and is on the board of Infragard's Buffalo Chapter. There is no cost to join or attend chapter programs, which are held quarterly.