Student Hacks Computer To Change His Marks

25-year-old Imran Uddin has been jailed for hacking the university’s computer to change his exam results.

15:11 24 April 2015

A 25-year-old student who hacked into the University of Birmingham’s computer system to change his exam results has been jailed for four months. Imran Uddin, who had been in his final year of a bio-science course, used a keyboard spying device to steal staff passwords. 

 

He admitted to six charges at Birmingham Crown Court. 

 

Judge James Burbidge QC told Uddin: "For reasons not entirely clear to me, whether it was monetary, or pride or a desire to out-perform others, you decided to cheat and you formed a settled intention to do that.

 

"I consider your actions were planned and persistent.

 

"This kind of conduct undermines or has the potential to undermine public confidence in the degree system, set up by this university.

 

"I have decided I cannot pass a suspended sentence because there needs to be an element of deterrence."

 

Madhu Rai, prosecuting, said: "It is effectively a case where the defendant has hacked into a number of computers at the university where he was studying for a degree in bio-science."