MIAMI _ A 16-year-old student at South Miami Senior High has been arrested in connection with some of the cyberattacks that have throttled Miami-Dade County Public Schools' first week of online learning.
The school district made the announcement via email around 9:30 a.m. Thursday. The email included the arrest affidavit, which shows an arrest was made 2:43 a.m. Thursday.
According to the affidavit, the student admitted to using a tool, the name of which was redacted in the report, to attack the school district's network. According to the report, the student admitted to launching eight attacks beginning Wednesday morning at a location between Zora Neale Hurston Elementary and W.R. Thomas Middle.
The affidavit said numerous internet protocol, or IP, addresses were associated with the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The student's IP address was associated with the attacks and was traced back to the student's Flagami residence.
The student faces one felony count of using a computer to defraud and one misdemeanor account of interfering with an educational institution. He has been taken to the Juvenile Assessment Center.
Miami-Dade Clerk of Courts spokeswoman Eunice Sigler said a hearing has been scheduled for Oct. 8.
The Miami Herald is withholding the juvenile's name. The Herald called his mother and visited their residence. A woman's voice said through a security system that they don't want to talk and to get off their property.
