In early January 2024, a teacher at Grand County High School in Moab noticed a bizarre pattern of technology turning on and off in her classroom.
The device being used is known as "Flipper Zero." It’s a handheld device that can be used in a variety of ways, including turning technology within the school on and off. Before knowing the device was indeed a Flipper Zero that had been the culprit, Thompson reached out to the school’s IT department. According to school administrators, a cell phone was permanently damaged by the device and a number of various devices in the school needed to be reset and "hardened" for security measures. However, it’s the impact the student using the Flipper Zero had on teachers and students that did the most damage.