“We had access to the grade book. Now we could change the grades.”
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Police dog sniffs out USB drive to snare school hacker
Police traced an “electronic trail” to the suspect’s house where the USB drive was hidden.
Grade hacking may cost high school its valedictorian
The grade tampering came to light while drawing up a list of top students. Now it’s unclear which students legitimately belong on that list.
Tutor gets a year in jail for hacking his students’ grades
Timothy Lai used keyloggers to break into computer systems at a school in Orange County, California, and adjust the grades of his students.
Grade-hacking case brings 16 more felony charges for private tutor suspect
Timothy Lance Lai, the suspect accused of breaking into an Orange County high school in order to fix students’ grades, could now face more than 16 years in jail.