A group of Haddonfield Memorial High School students that allegedly hacked into the school’s computer system have been turned over to police.
The students used keystroke-logging software to obtain logins and passwords of about 200 school computers -- computers that gave them access to grades, attendance, class schedules and statuses of homework assignments, school officials told the Inquirer.
"It was confirmed late yesterday afternoon that several HMHS students developed a plan to capture secure passwords from staff/students who used a computer in the high school," Principal Michael Wilson said in a letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Inquirer. "We are confident this is a contained situation.”
Wilson said that the FBI might get involved in the student-hacking investigation. He recommended that all students, parents and staff change their passwords for the internal system, as well as any passwords they might have used on the computers in the past six weeks.
The school district is not identifying the students as they investigate further.
