[Fwd: [ISN] Michigan expels graduate student accused of hacking school's network]

["H. Morrow Long" <morrow.long () YALE EDU>]

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Subject: [ISN] Michigan expels graduate student accused of hacking school's network
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 04:10:14 -0500 (CDT)
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http://www.tribnet.com/24hour/technology/story/968262p-6789611c.html

The Associated Press

LANSING, Mich. (August 13, 5:05 p.m. PDT) - The University of Michigan
has expelled a graduate student accused of hacking a computer system
and using information to forge e-mails and get copies of final exams,
the state attorney general's office said Wednesday.

Ning Ma, 24, a Chinese citizen on a student visa, was arrested last
month and accused of collecting information from more than 60 students
and professors.

Ning was expelled Friday, and the consulate has been notified of his
arrest, said Sage Eastman, spokesman for the attorney general's
office.

The University of Michigan, citing confidentiality laws, said it
couldn't confirm the expulsion, and Ning's attorney didn't return a
phone call.

According to the attorney general's office, Ning's expulsion revokes
his student visa. A message left with the Immigration and
Naturalization Service was not returned.

Ning is charged with eavesdropping, unauthorized access to a computer
and other counts.

The fake e-mails Ning was accused of sending included one telling a
student she was failing and another that canceled a student's job
interview.



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