Student Faces 38 Years In Prison For Hacking Grades

the brown guy writes "An 18-year-old high school student named Omar Kahn is charged with 69 felonies for hacking into a school computer and modifying his grades, among other things. He changed his C, D and F grades to As, and changed 12 other students grades as well. By installing a remote access program on the school's server, Kahn was able to also change his AP scores and distribute test answer keys, and could be looking at a lengthy prison term. Not surprisingly, his parents (who have only recently immigrated to America) have decided not to post the $50,000 bail and Kahn is in jail awaiting trial."

Comments

Huh.

[AkaKaryuu]

The kid can do all that... but wouldn't take the time to actually study and make an honest living? Surely he didn't think this would go unnoticed. Maybe the prison system will teach him some common sense and to always keep a bottle of petrolium jelly on hand.

The name

[Anonymous Coward]

its not Kahn (repeated several times in post) but Khan

No matter how you slice it, it sounds like one of those brown-skinned-terrorist names. I wonder what his sentence would have been if it were "Biff Jones".

For those of you so against telecom immunity

[unassimilatible]

and who are all such sticklers for prosecuting lawbreakers, I'm sure you want to see this guy prosecuted too, right? Fine, mod me troll, but it is inconsistent to claim you are all so concerned about the law being followed when it is a corporation trying to help out after 9/11, but when it is some hacker who is a lot more like you nerds than AT&T happens to be, will you be consistent? After all, who else's grades did he snoop into? For the record, I think it is grossly excessive, and sad that young people can get 25+ years for doing things similar to what I did in high school when most of it wasn't illegal then. But then again, I am for telecom immunity for companies that tried to help after 9/11 in good faith, and relied on the government's assurances that they would not face legal sanction. I'd imagine that this hacker got no such assurances from authorities before he broke in!

Re:A for effort?

[morari]

Here's a news flash: You don't learn anything at public schools in America. The so-called education system is strictly in place so as to mold said persons into the perfect citizen. That is why you're fed lies throughout history class and then forced by fellow students to conform socially. It is an elaborate system with the sole purpose of beating down your spirit before you enter the "real world", since no one would want a free minded, critical thinking, liability to society walking around untrained and untainted.

This kid was learning to survive in a modern world, and that is far more important than all of the music classes in the world. It's just too bad that he was stupid enough to get caught, as he is definitely viewed as being outside of the system now--a threat to conventional thinking.

Re:Jail time, that will teach him

[Anonymous Coward]

He is a NIGGER and one of 'Those" who thinks changing his real grades will help him in the long run. It will not and his crap will be discovered soon. Too bad we cannot kill his ilk... they deflate my abilities. Nigger !!! GNAADOT COM

Hasn't hurt anyone??

[spineboy]

By giving himself all A's, he effectively stole all the hard earned hours of study from those who honestly earned it. Just like stealing money. He will also steal chances that other students might have of getting into their choice of university.

He could have ruined the future lives of many other students. What if you didn't get into a good college because of grade inflation, etc. Then don't get into med school - that can be a serious loss.

If you break into someones house and get caught then no one is hurt, or if you shoot at someone, and miss no one is hurt either.

38 years is harsh, maybe the kid should spend 4 years in jail, to offset the years other kids spent studying their books.