A teenager in Maryland, US hijacked an Xbox Live account and sent prank messages to almost 100 other players with threats of bringing a gun to school and shooting other pupils. Of course, that got him arrested. Plonker.

According to a government report (via Destructoid), the unnamed teenager acquired the login details via an unauthorised transaction via a website. "After obtaining this user name and password the Maryland teenager sent a message to nearly 100 people, including students at Berkeley Heights High School pretending to be the user," said prosecutor Theodore Romankow.

His messages contained death threats including plans to shoot fellow students with a gun. Worried parents reported the messages to the police and investigators tracked down the culprit in Maryland, but it was apparently all just a joke.

"At no time were students in Berkeley Heights in any danger," said the prosecutor. "This appears to be a teenage prank."

Now, we've all drawn penises on the DS and sent it to everyone in a PictoChat party (right?), but this is taking it too far. Couldn't they have thought of something slightly less idiotic to do for [LIFTED] and giggles, like jumping off a building?

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/28 ... e-threats/

Well with the risks of kids going loopy in the US and blasting all and sundry maybe a spell inside might make him think again. Though maybe since america can make kids repeat a year make him repeat i, so everyone knows that he is so stupid that he has been held back a year. Might deter other idiots?