University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Student Charged With Hacking
Quick Facts
- Date: 4/3/2008
- Institution: University of Oklahoma
- Type of Incident: Penetration
- Number Affected: Unknown
- Source: ESI
- Abstract Source: The Norman Transcript
Abstract
University of Oklahoma student Jose Antonio Roman, 19, was charged in court Tuesday with violating the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act. Allegedly Roman used his dorm room connection to break into other students accounts and cause havoc. Roman is accused of using his laptop and ARP poisoning to monitor dorm network traffic which allowed him to record students' usernames and passwords for online services such as e-mail and Facebook. Roman allegedly used this information to log into these accounts and change passwords, alter pictures, etc.


