Student who changed his failing grades to As gets probation
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July 4, 2018
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A former University of Kansas student who hacked the school's computer system to changing his failing F grades to As has been sentenced to probation.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports that 20-year-old Varun Sarja used a keystroke logger program to change his grades in the 2016-17 school year when he was a freshman studying engineering.
Keystroke loggers enable hackers to obtain usernames and passwords by recording keystrokes on devices.
Sarja, of Olathe, was placed on academic probation in spring 2017. When records revealed he had achieved an A in math, an academic advis...
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