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Author: Brendan GillattBrendan Gillatt Date: Feb 13, 2008 07:20
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JosephKK wrote:
> Check this out:
> +++++++++++++
> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:22:01 +0000
> From: "Clive D. W. Feather" davros.org>
> Subject: The risks of upgrading
>
> As a result of an upgrade to Vista in Ohio's Marietta High School computer
> systems, previously protected student information and photos were able
> to be
> accessed by unauthorized people. "It appears the students were interested
> in making changes to their photos in the school cafeteria system." The
> photos and a student ID are used to verify charges for lunches, and
> officials suspected some students were manipulating the system to avoid
> paying for lunches. [Source: Marietta Times
> <http://www.mariettatimes.com>,
> PGN-ed]
>
> Clive D.W. Feather +44 20 8495 6138 http://www.davros.org
How on earth does an upgrade to Vista allow that? Surely they'd still be
running server 2003 on their servers and only the desktops would have
Vista. If the files were writeable with Vista they'd be writeable with
any other version of windows.
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