Oxford hackers face punishment
Friday, 16 July 2004 19:37 EST
Two students from Oxford University are facing disciplinary action after hacking into the university's computer. They could be fined £500 or be suspended after infiltrating the system and publishing their story in a student newspaper. First-year students Patrick Foster and Roger Waite say they wanted to expose the weakness in the IT system. They were able to view live closed circuit material and access information about students' computer use. They published their story in the student newspaper Oxford Student.
Mr Foster, a former deputy editor of the paper, said it took only minutes to access sensitive information.
"We had a look using a program that is easily available over Google," he said.
"We were able to infiltrate the IT network to the extent that, in one college, we could view live CCTV scenes.
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