WaTimes: Stephanie Jass, a former Adrian College professor who set the record in 2012 for the most consecutive wins by a female “Jeopardy!” contestant, had entered a guilty plea in connection with hacking into the email accounts of several of the school’s administrators, faculty members and students.
Ms. Jass, 48, pleaded guilty to one felony count of unauthorized access to a computer, program or network stemming from abusing a campus-wide password reset that happened in the spring of 2017, news outlets reported following her hearing Wednesday at Lenawee County Circuit in Adrian, Michigan.
Michigan State Police previously said that Ms. Jass admitted last year that she abused the password reset to gain access to the email accounts of Adrian College President Jeffrey Docking, outgoing Vice President Agnes Caldwell, several unnamed fellow faculty members and students including her stepson, MLive reported. MORE HERE
And I wonder how long before Jeopardy uses this unfortunate situation as a category answer?
I hope they get a conviction the first time.
Otherwise it will be…
Okay, no.
The school IT dicks gave everyone copies of keys to the castle.
A professor used that key in doors they weren’t suppose to open. If keys are granted, you can’t tell me someone won’t be tempted.
The school should be held accountable at least on some level for disseminating identical passwords to everyone.
Answer: Hacking
Question: When someone who isn’t designated IT or systems admin uses a password that everyone in IT and systems admin uses and has access to.
I worked in IT and intranet programming and systems admin for a number of years. I could get into almost everybody’s accounts at the company. Was I suppose to? Hell no! But I wouldn’t be very good at my job if I couldn’t.
Do you think someone should email Hillary and Whatshername-Schultz and give them a heads-up??
Waiting to hear what her husband Hugh has to say about this.
😉
“I’ll take Jeopardy Champ Felons for $800, Alex.”
h/t Dianny
LCD- Wait ’till the miniseries is aired.
Meanwhile, I’m looking for a ghostwriter for my upcoming tell-all. Sure to be a bestseller.