Dyker Student Arrested in Instagram Hack, Shooting Threat
A student at Dyker Heights Intermediate School 201 was arrested on Tuesday, Oct. 9 for hacking and duplicating other students’ social media accounts and spreading threats to shoot up the school, cops said.
According to authorities, the student — who is also said to have circulated naked photos to classmates — was apprehended and the school shooting threat was a hoax.
Reports say that the threats began Monday when a female student’s picture was unknowingly used to create a fake Instagram account. The profile, which contained vulgar material, included a post which tagged more than a dozen students’ actual Instagram accounts, and threatened an impending school shooting.