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This post is 100% spot on. While the local school district may treat it as a prank, in the U.S. the federal authorities may not. To see how seriously the government takes this act, look at the penalties section of the relevant U.S. code.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030

>>jdkee+(OP)
And yet, there is overwhelming demand for what the government calls "cyber security". As a developer it is easy to get good at your craft by practicing and learning, how in the world is a security specialist able to practice without asking for permission or already having a job? A home lab setup? A college degree and formal education? I'm curious how people actually evaluate this career choice.

>>jdkee+(OP)
Yeah, go to them about ransomware gangs or nation state actors and you basically get told "lol we cant do shit". Complain about a kid prank and theyll go apeshit and make a, uhh, federal case of it to make themselves feel needed.

>>dakna+p2
In my personal experience with working in government related cyber security, the positions are for dudes that type bash commands to run tools that are all developed by 3p companies, which end up hiring people regardless of criminal history.

>>dakna+p2
Capture The Flag challenges. You don't need much more than a terminal.

>>aerost+Ka
The leetcode of the security world! Thankfully not that bad...yet.