Register password spread through student chats; about 40 students changed entry times and absence justifications, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
After an upper secondary school student obtained the password to the school’s electronic register, the password spread quickly through student chat groups. Approximately 40 students used the access to modify their school entry times and absence justifications. The students faced potential suspension and potential criminal complaints for unauthorized access to the school’s system. It is […]
Ten high school students allegedly planted a trojan on a teacher’s laptop to alter grades and absences on the register, Tuscany, Italy
Ten high school students allegedly installed a trojan on a teacher’s unattended laptop, obtained the register password and from home deleted absences and raised grades. The head teacher spotted the anomalies and imposed disciplinary sanctions, with some students assigned community work and none failed in June; the regional postal police investigated and a trial before […]
Middle-school students compromise teachers’ electronic register credentials to alter grades, Italy
Middle-school students in Italy obtained the register passwords of at least four teachers and made at least 40 unauthorized accesses, turning failing grades into top marks and giving high-achieving classmates very low grades. A teacher noticed an anomalous low grade recorded for a usually strong student, which triggered an internal investigation. At publication, the school […]
34 high school students tried for altering attendance and grades on register using stolen teacher passwords
In the 2015/2016 school year, students at a high school in the Marche region, Italy, used stolen teachers’ passwords to change attendance and grades on the school register. The high number of changes made the teaching staff suspicious. The school head reported the incident to the postal police, whose investigation identified 23 girls and 11 […]
Two middle-school students allegedly hacked a teacher’s register account and changed classmates’ grades, Italy
A report of an anomaly in an electronic register at a lower secondary school in Italy reached the police cyber-security unit, which checked access logs and IP addresses and confirmed a teacher’s account had been breached and many students’ grades changed. Two students of the school were identified as the alleged authors and referred to […]