Friday, 5 February 2016

17 Year Old Teen Arrested for Hacking School Computers, changing grades

17 Year Old Teen Arrested for Hacking School Computers, changing gradesThis hacking incident took place on October 2015 at Panther Creek High School in Carolina. After month long investigations, he was finally put behind the bars. If found guilty, he could be sentenced to more than 4 years in prison.

Saivamsi hailed from Pilot Hill Drive in Morrisville was charged with felony accessing government computers, felony breaking and entering, and doing crime by accessing government computers.

According to statement by Police, on October 13, 2015, School Authorities reported that their school’s database was hacked and grades were changed of some students.

School Administrators said that the modifications changed the class rank and GPA of the students.

WRAL News (local television station) reported that, about 90 Grades were changed and almost half grades were of Hanumanthu. Police ultimately traced the hack back to a library where Hanumnathu had volunteered for about 250 hours. A teacher had been closely observing him at the high school for working on Laptop while being in campus after hours. A CCTV footage also revealed his presence in campus.

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