Domanik Green's Arrest
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Overview
Domanik Green is a 14-year-old student at Paul R. Smith Middle School in Holiday, Florida who was arrested and charged with a felony offense against a computer system and unauthorized access for breaching the faculty members' secure network and vandalizing their wallpapers in late March 2015.
Background
On April 8th, 2015, Green was arrested and charged by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office after the school faculty discovered that the eighth-grade student had breached the school's administrative network on March 31st, using one of his teachers' password and changed the default wallpaper to a picture of two men kissing.
According to the authorities, Green also accessed a folder storing encrypted questions of 2014 FCAT (Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test), although they concluded he did not view or tamper with those files. In addition to the federal charge, Green has been placed on a ten-day school suspension. In the article, The sheriff was quoted as saying:
"Even though some might say this is just a teenage prank, who knows what this teenager might have done."
"If information comes back to us and we get evidence (that other kids have done it), they're going to face the same consequences."
Notable Developments
Interview
On April 9th, Tampa Bay Times interviewed Green at his home, who stated that accessing and pulling pranks on the faculty's network became a well-known trick among students at school after he discovered one of the teachers was using his last name as the password. Prior to the incident, Green had been previously disciplined, along with other students in his class, for accessing the system to screen-share amongst each other. It is currently unknown if he'll return to Paul R. Smith to complete the school year after the suspension.
"So I logged out of that computer and logged into a different one and I logged into a teacher's computer who I didn't like and tried putting inappropriate pictures onto his computer to annoy him", Green said.
News Media Coverage
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External References
[1] Tampa Bay Times – Middle school student charged with cybercrime in Holiday
[2] Slate – Eighth-Grader Arrested, Charged With Cybercrimes for Changing Teacher’s Desktop Wallpaper
[3] Metro – Schoolkid arrested after changing teacher’s computer background to two men kissing
[4] Daily Mail – Eighth grader charged with a felony after changing 'annoying' teacher's laptop background to picture of two men kissing
[5] Huffington Post – Florida Teen Charged With Computer Hacking After Changing Teacher's Computer Background To Gay Kiss Image
[6] Ars Technica – Eighth-grader charged with felony for shoulder-surfing teacher’s password
[7] CNET – Teen who tampered with teacher's computer faces felony charge
[8] MTV – A Middle School Student Faces Felony Charges For Pranking His Teacher
[9] Complex – Middle School "Hacker" Facing Felony Charge After Changing Teacher's Desktop Computer Image
[10] JoeMonster – Amerykanie złapali bardzo groźnego hakera. Nie uwierzycie, co zrobił ten uczeń
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