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Hackers claim they can edit students' scores
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:06:26 -0500 (CDT)
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7065613.html People's Daily Online July 14, 2010 Hackers are claiming online they can break into computer systems belonging to universities and certification institutes and change the scores of students. An online search in Chinese of "hackers editing scores" results in dozens of pages of hits. The hackers say they can change students' scores for a price - and charge between a few thousand yuan and more than 10,000 yuan for the illegal service, depending on the majors and universities involved. A person answering the phone at one such site, who refused to reveal his name, told METRO he had helped several students. The slogan of his website was: "If you did badly in an examination, come to our hacker team." When asked whether he could change the score for a failed subject at the University of International Business and Economics, he said it would not be a problem after checking out the university's homepage. The man was very cautious and asked for the caller's "student number" before he would reveal the price. [...] _________________________________________________________________ Attend Black Hat USA 2010, hosted at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada July 24-29th, offering over 60 training sessions and 11 tracks of Briefings from security industry elite. To sign up visit http://www.blackhat.com
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