The third grader hacked the school computer network

The computer network of high schools in the Fairfax County district did not withstand the intelligence of a 9-year-old student, the Washington Post newspaper writes . According to the police, the boy hacked the Blackboard Learning System , changed the passwords of teachers and staff, changed or deleted the content of training courses, changed the list of students and assigned the rights of administrators to some of them.

The police decided not to open a criminal case due to the lack of material damage and the intention to cause serious damage (they lost interest in the case as soon as they identified the identity of the hacker). Now with the student will be dealt with in a civil process. The investigation materials were presented to the court this week.

Question: Is it possible to indict a hacking system that even a third-grader is capable of hacking? Although, maybe it’s not the weakness of Blackboard Learning System’s defense (it is used in more than 5,000 US schools and universities), but in the boy’s special talents? According to police officers, this is a very smart child. They refused to give his name.