"It's very easy for an intruder to see everything you're doing." "I can see their instant message conversations, the photos they're sharing," said Wisniewski, Senior Security Advisor at SOPHOS. North Penn High School is a typical suburban Pennsylvania high school in many ways.Security expert Chester Wisniewski said that almost a quarter of wireless networks have weak or no protection, which could leave emails, financial accounts and anything else you do on line exposed. News & World Report, sends graduates to top colleges and has a competitive athletics program, including a championship baseball team. Then there is what it is best known for right now: An unresolved scandal involving social media and sexual images that has lingered for five months.Ī law enforcement official last week said the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office expects to announce findings in a criminal investigation before classes resume on Sept. Late last March it came to light that some male students had used Dropbox, a file-sharing service, to post pictures of nude and partially nude female students during the 2014-2015 school year. I think the parents are satisfied.” – Christine Liberaski, North Penn High School director of school and community engagementĭespite heavy media coverage then, details of the extent of the file sharing and how it worked were scant.īut according to a little-noticed story by journalist Mandy Velez posted July 1 on Refinery29’s website, there were perhaps 300 pictures of girls, some topless, others with full body shots. One girl, as young as perhaps 14, was seen “spread eagle with her face in the picture,” Velez reported.Īccording to Velez, the girls pictured appear to be primarily minors, under the age of 18. The faces of most of the girls were clearly visible. The pictures were organized into files labeled with the first name of each student seen in the images, plus there was a miscellaneous file that contained various photos, according to Velez.Īnd at least one girl told Velez there was a picture labeled with her name, though the picture was not of her.
Velez’s account, based on interviews with multiple girls who spoke on the condition of anonymity, is the fullest explanation of how the file sharing worked. Velez, 23, a North Penn High School graduate and full-time digital journalist and editor in New York, explained how the nude photos were shared: The photos would then be added to the Dropbox.” “The system was quite simple: The boys involved would send acquired photos from past or current sexts via hookups to a text messaging group, without consent from said ex-girlfriends or girlfriends. Velez, who was interviewed by PhillyVoice last week, did not, however, view the Dropbox photos first-hand.
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