October 25, 2008

Donald Flynt - clueless twit of the day

From the Albany Times Union comes this story of an egregiously clueless twit -- A Mr. Donald Flynt who is the Principal at Shenendehowa High School.
School breach left personnel files exposed
A Shenendehowa student who alerted his principal that he could steal private employee information now is facing felony charges.

The 15-year-old sophomore allegedly breached the district's system while in computer simulation class and gained access to 250 names of past and present Shen transportation employees. He used his student password to view their Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers and more, Shenendehowa officials said.

Then he allegedly sent an e-mail at 1 p.m. Tuesday to High School Principal Donald Flynt, saying he had the database.

Flynt contacted police, who arrested the young man Thursday and charged him with computer trespass, unlawful possession of personal identification information and identity theft, all felonies. He will appear before Saratoga County Family Court at a later date, State Police said Friday.
He emailed Flynt -- if he was being malicious, he would not have done this. What Flynt should have done would be to have a quiet word with the student and then offer him a well-paying job working on the school computer systems. Now the guy is hostile to authority. Talk about clueless management. Posted by DaveH at October 25, 2008 8:20 PM
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