[waterlesscloud]

Here's what I consider a balanced response- prosecute him for some kind of hacking crime, and at the same time fire the system administrators for gross incompetence.

[jessaustin]

Apparently this happened many times in many places. You can't fire that many people. Who would replace them?

[mikeash]

It's not like people just stop working after they're fired. You can just hire replacements from the people who were fired at other schools. Everybody wins!

[waterlesscloud]

Start firing people for screwing up and their peers will learn not to screw up.