U. Student Accused of Hacking to Change Grades

U. Student Accused of Hacking to Change Grades


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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A University of Utah student is facing federal charges this morning after he allegedly hacked into a computer to change his grades.

F-B-I agents arrested 21-year-old You Li at his campus dorm on Friday. Li is a Chinese national studying computer science.

According to a federal indictment, Li is accused of using a software program to break into the math department's computer system in December 2004.

The indictment says Li is accused of reading e-mails, getting bank account numbers and other personal information belonging to a professor. He's also accused of trying to change at least one of his math grades from failing to passing.

The F-B-I says this is the second computer hacking case in Utah in the past week.

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Information from: Deseret Morning News

(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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