2 Cal State-Fresno students face 20 years in jail for changing grades

[mandy]

Two California men are facing 20 years in prison on charges they hacked into a California state university's PeopleSoft system to change their grades.

In an October 25 grand jury indictment, John Escalera, 29, and Gustavo Razo, 28, were charged with using Escalera's position within California State University, Fresno's IT help desk center to gain access to the university's grades database.

The men could face 20 years in prison and $250,000 in fines if convicted of the eleven counts on the indictment, which includes charges of unauthorized computer access, identity theft, conspiracy, and wire fraud...

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[regic]

People are such idiots.

[amy]

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People are such idiots.
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Obviously.  If they weren't idiots they would have gotten better grades and wouldn't have needed to hack into their school's system to change the grades. :twistedevil:

[BellisimaJ.]

Obviously.  If they weren't idiots they would have gotten better grades and wouldn't have needed to hack into their school's system to change the grades. twistedevil