College Hackers Are Changing F's To A's

[Hum]

Yes, this is from March, but apparently not posted before.

 

On paper, Roy Sun seemed an exemplary student. During his senior year at Purdue University, he made As in every class, despite rarely attending any of them.

But in reality, he was failing. Instead of studying, he spent his time stealing professors? passwords so he could hack into the computer system and change his grades from Fs to As.

?It became so much easier to change my grades than going to class and working real hard,? Sun said in an Indiana courtroom last week, when he was sentenced to three months in jail.

Sun joins a growing list of college students who have chosen hacking over studying to boost grades. The students have exposed lax computer security on campuses increasingly under attack from outside hackers trying to steal intellectual property developed by professors.

In December, two students and a graduate of Florida International University were allegedly caught hacking into a professor?s computer, obtaining upcoming tests, and selling the answers for $150.

Last March, two Miami University students allegedly hacked into their professors? computers and changed grades for themselves and 50 other students.

In almost every case, the students stole professors' passwords using a keystroke logger. The device, widely available online and installed inside keyboards, allowed them to capture login information as it was typed.

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I believe this was posted before in 1983.

 

[Thief000]

What a hero...(yes /s)

[Lizardslap]

whats the point of going your just cheating yourself

[Hum]

^ What if get a job where you actually need to know something ?

[+John Teacake MVC]

^ Google probably has the answer. More often than not things have been done before many times over...Especially in the Tech world 

[protocol7]

I believe this was posted before in 1983.

 

When I saw the title this is the first thing that sprung to mind too.

[Hum]

^ Google probably has the answer. More often than not things have been done before many times over...Especially in the Tech world

 

^ Google is not going to do complicated Math problems for you.

 

Nor advanced Physics.

 

Nor engineer machines and buildings for you. :laugh:

[+Warwagon MVC]

^ Google is not going to do complicated Math problems for you.

 

Nor advanced Physics.

 

Nor engineer machines and buildings for you. :laugh:

 

For that they need https://www.wolframalpha.com/

[Gotenks98]

^ What if get a job where you actually need to know something ?

Most jobs don't. I am a computer science major and 99.99999% of what I know that I need for the job is either Googled or on the Job training. I am getting down to my last 2 classes in school and have yet to learn something that applies to my job in IT that I currently have. The only point of school is to get a degree that says you are teachable thats it. Nothing more nothing less. School as a whole needs an overhaul. Remove all the bull ###### courses that serve no purpose aside from padding the schools bottom line and replace these with classes that will help you actually get a job or move up in your job.

[Gotenks98]

^ Google is not going to do complicated Math problems for you.

 

Nor advanced Physics.

 

Nor engineer machines and buildings for you. :laugh:

They only hire super nerds for those kinds of positions anyways. They would know how to do this stuff anyways.

Not saying I condone what the students did, but I can understand why they did it. School is just not worth the time anymore.