A high school student from Concord California was arrested for targeting teachers with a phishing scam to change his grades and those of other students.
David Rotaro, 16, who attends Ygnacio Valley High School in the Bay Area, was arrested on Wednesday after authorities discovered he was responsible for hacking the school district's computer systems and of changing the grades of several students including himself.
According to Fox's affiliate, KTVU, Rotaro would have created a web page identical to that of the school's teacher portal. He then sent emails to several teachers with links to the page in order to get their credentials. At least one staff member fell for the trick.
"We believe that 10 to 15 student grades have been changed, but we are still investigating," said Concord Police Sergeant Carl Cruz.
"I would like to be a computer person at the best level."
The school district contacted the police after discovering the offense and CPD called the US Secret Service and a Contra Costa Country cybercrime task force to help locate the IP address of the 39, sender of e-mails. They eventually found the emails at Rotaro's residence where a K9 sniffing electronics found a hidden flash drive containing evidence of the crime.
The affiliate of CBS KPIX obtained permission to interview Rotaro from his father and reports that he praised the ease with which he accessed the systems but apologized for the incident and said that he only wanted to demonstrate cybersecurity problems.
"[Accessing the network was] very easy, it was like the beginner level.It was like stealing sweets to a baby," said Rotaro. "I'm really sorry for all the people that I'm I have classified and classified. And I am sorry for the teacher that I hacked. I want to somehow give awareness to cybersecurity. "
The young hacker is suspended from school and is waiting for an audience. He says that he wants to eventually work in information technology.
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