Keontra Lamont Kenemore, 18, is named in an arrest warrant for electronic access interference, a third-degree felony.
About 3,000 students were taking the state-mandated test when they were locked out on April 16, according to a Click2Houston.com report.
Student testing was again disrupted on April 17, and about 700 students needed to retake the tests. IT faced disruptions for three days total.
The STAAR test is required for public school students in grades three to 12, with high school students needing to pass certain assessments to graduate, according to a state website.
Documentation highlights include:
- Electronic access interference is the type of attack and is a felony.
- The attacks and interruptions happened April 16 to 18.
- The attack used a link-creator site to collect IP addresses.
- The attack also used a stress-tester site.
- The attack was traced from the student’s Chromebook.
- 24,279 students were impacted.
Klein ISD is in Harris County and has more than 54,000 students.
This article was originally published by Industry Insider — Texas, a sister publication of Government Technology.
