Hacker targets Texas district that uses RFID to track student attendance

Nov. 26, 2012
Northside district in San Antonio says hacker's attempts did not disrupt district's computer system

From The San Antonio Express-News: Someone purportedly connected with the hacker group Anonymous says he took down the Northside (Texas) Independent School District's website to protest the district's use of tracking badges, but a district spokesman says the district's site was never compromised. In a statement posted online, a self-described teenager says he took the site down because the district “is stripping away the privacy of students in your school.” Northside, based in San Antonio, has been testing a radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking system at Jay High School and Jones Middle School to track attendance and maximize per-student funding from the state.

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