DAPHNE — Charges against a Daphne High student accused of hacking into a Mobile-based company’s server are on hold, pending further investigation into the case.

“The computer forensics part of this case is continuing. We want to make sure to get everything off his computer,” said Maj. Anthony Lowery, public information officer with the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office.

“That’s why there are still no charges filed against him at this time,” Lowery said. “He will be charged all at one time.”

Lowery said this computer forensics work may take a week or longer.

Baldwin County Board of Education communications director Terry Wilhite confirmed last week that a male DHS student was being investigated and had been expelled.

Wilhite also said that the student had not been able to penetrate the county’s system.

At a March 6 press conference, officials confirmed that the 16-year-old had used both his personal and a school computer to tamper with the company’s server.

He is believed to have shut down servers, deleted files and other data affecting 47 school districts in six states, according to information released at that time.

The affected company, STI Inc., provides “educational data management solutions to the k-12 market,” according to spokesperson Kristen Plemon.

Its products address a wide range of educational services such as school attendance, scheduling and grade reporting.

More than 7,000 schools in 28 states use STI, she said.

Company officials notified educators immediately upon noticing a problem, according to Paul Presley, STI chief technology officer.

“We identified an attempted intrusion into our hosted server by a student from Baldwin Public County Schools,” Presley said in a news release.

“We quickly determined the method of attack and the data being targeted,” his statement reads.

“This was an isolated incident. No personally identifiable information was obtained, and the system is secure.”

Presley said his company is working with educators and law enforcement officials as the investigation continues.

The case is expected to remain in the juvenile justice system, according to the Sheriff’s department.

Other agencies participating in the investigation are the Daphne Police Department, FBI and Secret Service.