It was a prank, but it was also serious hacking. The only thing that stopped it being a criminal case was that the school IT support had not reset default passwords and if they did they used the example password in the manual and that the hackers acted in a “white hat” ethical manner and fully documented the security flaws and the solutions:
Inside the World’s Biggest Hacker Rickroll | WIRED UK
This is worth a read to see how it is easy to leave open doors for threat actors.
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