Shades of "War Games"...

…different results, though:

Mich. hackers accused of changing grades
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060608/ap_on_…heating_scandal
June 8, 2006
"BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. - Six high school freshmen hacked into the school computer system and change their grades on class assignments, officials said. The International Academy students could be expelled. The alterations began in the fall and were discovered only recently when a teacher noticed some grades were incorrect, said Jennifer Woliung, a spokeswoman for Bloomfield Hills school district. Officials did not say how many grades were changed. Fourteen other students at the school are serving 20-day suspensions for asking the hackers to change their grades, Woliung said. They also will receive a zero for every altered grade. The hackers used a laptop brought to school to gain access to password-protected areas. Students are no longer allowed to bring laptops from home, Woliung said."

FYI…

Hackers Face Prison Time After Boosting Grades
- http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/191501893
July 27, 2006
"A pair of California college students each face up to a year in prison for hacking into a professor's computer to give out bogus grades to themselves and other students, Los Angeles prosecutors said Thursday. Jennifer Ngan, 19, of Alhambra and Lena Chen, 20, of Torrance – roommates who attend California State University Northridge – face misdemeanor charges of illegally accessing computers, among other counts. After hacking into an unidentified professor's computer, the two handed out grades to nearly 300 other students, and boosted their own marks in the teacher's class. Ngan's grade, for example, was changed from a D+ to an A. According to Frank Mateljan, a spokesman for the L.A. city attorney's office who was quoted in the Los Angeles Times, the Ngan and Chen "felt the professor was unfair, and it was on behalf of all the students" that they hacked his system. They also allegedly used personal information gleaned from CSUN's network to order pizza, more than 20 magazine subscriptions, and a box of blank CDs to be delivered to the professor's home. Ngan and Chen are scheduled for arraignment Aug. 21."