A Government education website in South china's Guandong province was hacked and police say the hacker is a 13 year old student who complained about homework.
He left messages on the defacement page, complaining that his school gave students homework that was "suffocating" during the winter vacation.
"Haven't you advocated less homework to alleviate the burdens on students, leaders? Do you really mean it, or does the school intend to torture us?" The defacement message reads.
Admin temporarily took the webite offline in order to patch the vulnerability . Security experts traced the hacker and identified him as an eight-grade boy from
a middle school in the district, according to Liang Xuying, deputy head of the district's education bureau that operates the website.
A search on Sina Weibo, China's popular Twitter-like microblog service, indicated that more than 290,000 postings are related to excessive homework.
Liang suggested education authorities learn from the case and set up a platform where students can better communicate with their teachers and school administrators.
"If such a platform or channel exists, there won't be students who express their opinions through such illegal ways," Liang said.
The student hacker will not face any legal penalties, but the school will take appropriate disciplinary action, Liang said.
