A 17-year-old was arrested after Fulton Police determined he was responsible for shutting down the Fulton Public School district's computer network Thursday, according to a Fulton Police Department press release.
Fulton PD received a call from Fulton High School around 2:22 p.m. Thursday, April 30. The school reported that someone had hacked into its computer network, shutting it down. The school's IT department investigated and traced the issue to a computer in one of its classrooms.
Furthermore, they identified Austin Taylor Singleton, 17 of Fulton, as the student who was logged onto that computer at the time of the incident, the press release stated.
Singleton was taken to the principal's office and after their investigation, the release stated, it was determined that he was responsible for the network shut down. Singleton was arrested and taken to the Fulton Police Department.
The school's network suffered programming damage but its IT department was able to quickly restore it, the release stated. There was no release of any confidential information and the school's network's programming was not tampered with in any way, according to the release.
Singleton has a July court date and was released on a state summons.