Breaking into systems has become a challenge for a number of students who are adept at using computers. Even young students are paying others to show them how to get around filtering programs. Five teenagers in two countries allegedly caused the problems. In another disturbing case, a teenager who hacked into telecommunications equipment and erased vital information, shut down community services, including airport systems for about six hours. Because of such threats to safety, the Department of Justice and the FBI are actively investigating and prosecuting juvenile offenders for cybercrime.
Parents report problems with Internet overuse, privacy, and viruses.
One contacted an online service because of a huge bill she received. When asked if this was highly unusual, the service representative said that there had been worse cases. A father took his work home to complete over the weekend. Part of this work contained performance evaluations. He loaded his files onto his home computer's hard drive.