Teenager namely Saivamsi Hanumanthu aged 17 was arrested in North Carolina in USA on Wednesday. Authorities alleged that he broke into a high school computer system and changed the grades of few students.
This hacking incident took place on October 2015 at Panther Creek High School in Carolina. After month long investigations, he was finally put behind the bars.
If found guilty, he could be sentenced to more than 4 years in prison. Saivamsi hailed from Pilot Hill Drive in Morrisville was
charged with felony accessing government computers, felony breaking and entering, and doing crime by accessing government computers. According to statement by Police, on October 13, 2015, School Authorities reported that their school’s database was hacked and grades were changed of some
students. School Administrators said that the modifications changed the class rank and GPA of the students.
WRAL News (local television station) reported that, about 90 Grades were changed and almost half grades were of Hanumanthu . Police ultimately traced the hack back to a library where Hanumnathu had volunteered
for about 250 hours. A teacher had been closely observing him at the high school for working on Laptop while being in campus after hours. A CCTV footage also revealed his presence in campus.
