Legal Question in Technology Law in Indiana

Charged to fill a sercurity loophole.

I was caught using a program that does not have a shortcut in start menu on a computer at my highschool. They do not care about the program, but they are trying to force me to pay for them to fix the security loophole I used to open it. I was not told that I could not use programs not on the startmenu and I can not find any rules or regulations saying I can't do it. Can they charge me if I did not damage anything or change anything? Do they have to show me any documentation stating their rules?


Asked on 4/29/02, 5:47 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Bruce Burdick Burdick Law Firm

Re: Charged to fill a sercurity loophole.

If you are a non-union employee at the school, you are legally probably an at will employee and the school can fire you for any non-discriminatory reason. It is preposterous that you should have to pay for a security flaw in their program. If they are doing this as punishment for you hacking their system, something they could probably fire you for, risking your job over it may not be the wise choice.

If you are a union employee, see your union rep and file a grievance. That will get them to back off.

If you are a student, call the Superintendant and President of the School Board, and complain that you did them a favor by showing a defect so they could fix it.

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Answered on 4/29/02, 6:15 pm


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