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Wednesday 8 november 2017

School websites hacked with pro-IS message Illinois:

Parents charged
BLOOMFIELD, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey. mately 800 school and dis- ing private and govern- with 6-year-old’s
Hackers temporarily redi- The Bloomfield school dis- trict webpages to a You- ment websites. The com-
rected people looking for trict said their website dis- Tube video containing an pany has added more starvation death
hundreds of local school played the IS video for audible Arabic message, protections and is requiring
webpages across the U.S. about two hours Monday unknown writing and a pic- users of its websites to reset JERSEYVILLE, Ill. (AP) — An
to a video in support of the before it was taken down. ture of Saddam Hussein. their passwords. Illinois father and step-
Islamic State group. SchoolDesk, the Atlanta- “It looked like it was some The Bloomfield district said mother are charged with
The FBI is trying to deter- based company that sort of ISIS recruitment or no confidential student or first-degree murder in the
mine who was behind maintains the site, said in support video,” SchoolDesk teacher information was starvation death of their
the hack, which hijacked a statement that techni- founder Rob Freierson told compromised. 6-year-old boy who au-
school websites in Tucson, cians discovered a small NJ.com. SchoolDesk said it was thorities say weighed just
Arizona; Newtown, Con- file was injected into the SchoolDesk’s statement working with various inves- 17 pounds (8 kilograms)
necticut; Gloucester Coun- root of one of its websites. said the hack also affected tigative agencies to track when he died last week.
ty, Virginia; and Bloomfield, That redirected approxi- other organizations, includ- the source of the hack.q Police say the boy’s father,
Michael Roberts, and the
Florida State is 3rd university to suspend Greek life boy’s stepmother, George-
na Roberts, deprived the
boy and another child of
By JOE REEDY food “as a form of punish-
Associated Press ment.” The pair, both 42,
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — also face a felony count
Florida State becomes at of child endangerment
least the third university this related to the boy who
year to suspend Greek life died and a misdemeanor
because of alcohol-relat- count of child endanger-
ed tragedies. ment for their treatment of
University President John their 7-year-old son. They
Thrasher announced the remained in custody Tues-
indefinite suspension on day after a judge ordered
Monday of the school’s 55 their bail be set at $500,000
fraternities and sororities fol- each. Police were called
lowing the death of a junior to a hospital in the south-
pledge. ern Illinois community of
“I just feel like for whatever Jerseyville on Friday re-
reason, the message is not garding a dead child, who,
getting through,” Thrasher according to the Jersey
said. “Unfortunately we’ve County state’s attorney’s
got to take steps with our office, was brought to the
students, to make sure this hospital by his father.
never happens again.” The couple, according to
During the suspension, Florida State University’s Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house near the FSU campus in Tallahassee, Fla., criminal complaint “know-
is viewed. Florida State President John Thrasher announced during a news conference at FSU
the only events Greek life on Monday the suspension of all Greek life activities at the university following the death at a Pi ingly and intentionally
members may conduct are Kappa Phi fraternity pledge. caused (the boy) to be-
meetings with the university (Joe Rondone/Tallahassee Democrat/AP) come extremely malnour-
or their national chapter. authorities were waiting Penn State suspended fra- ed into the Delta Gamma ished, leaving the said
They also cannot have any for the results of an autop- ternities and sororities from sorority, did not agree with 6-year-old child... to starve
organized participation sy before determining a holding social activities the decision to suspend all to death.” The complaint
in homecoming activities, cause of death. Tallahas- during the spring semester Greek organizations alleges the couple with-
which are scheduled for see Police Chief Michael after the February hazing “For me and a lot of the held food and nourishment
next week. DeLeo said they are still in- death of 19-year old Timo- people who are entering on a regular and consis-
“It will be more tame and vestigating. thy Piazza. Louisiana State we’re all pretty upset be- tent basis” between De-
not as festive as it usually The registrar’s office said had a one-month suspen- cause we are trying to get cember 2015 and the date
is because there are a lot Coffey was a junior and sion and continues to ban the reputation back up,” of the boy’s death. When
of floats during the parade that this was his first semes- alcohol at Greek parties af- she said. “Most of the orga- he died, the boy weighed
and competitions during ter as a Florida State stu- ter the hazing death of 18- nizations getting in trouble about a third of what a
the week,” said Rachel dent. year old Maxwell Gruver in are fraternities. If they did typical 6-year-old weighs.
Humphries, who is a Florida On Monday, Garrett John September. end Greek life the atmo- Preliminary findings from
State student. Marcy, a member of Phi Florida State students were sphere on campus will go an autopsy, according to
Students will be allowed to Delta Theta, was charged surprised about the an- down a lot.” police, indicate that the
remain as residents in their with the sale and traffick- nouncement and were still John Armstrong, who cause of death was “ex-
fraternity or sorority house. ing of cocaine. Marcy, 20, trying to get information on served as president of tremely malnourishment.”
Thrasher also banned alco- was arrested by Florida how this affects their orga- Florida State’s Beta Theta Police say the boy had
hol at all student organiza- State University police and nizations going forward. Pi chapter in 1998, said he three siblings and two step
tion events during the sus- booked into Leon County “I was very surprised that had mixed feelings about siblings who lived with him
pension. jail, where his bail was set they are doing something Monday’s announcement. in the family’s home in Jer-
Andrew Coffey, a pledge at $75,000. about it. I think hazing is “Unfortunately, there has seyville, about 40 miles (66
at Pi Kappa Phi, died Friday “For this suspension to end, a problem and alcohol is been a rash of instances kilometers) north of St. Louis.
after he was found unre- there will need to be a new the basis of a lot of their similar to this, so I can un- All of the surviving children
sponsive following a party. normal for Greek life on events,” said Abygail Stiek- derstand the reason for the were taken into protective
Police said there were in- campus. They must par- man. response,” Armstrong said. custody by the Illinois De-
dicators that alcohol may ticipate in that culture,” Freshman Lila Pullo, who “I hope that it’s a short- partment of Children and
have been a factor, but Thrasher said. was supposed to be initiat- lived response.”q Family Services.q