Two Shanghai college students are currently under police detention for hacking into their school’s database and changing the grades of more than 200 classmates.
Chen and Zhang received more than 80,000 RMB for altering the grades of fellow classmates who didn’t want to attend morning PE lessons. The morning exercise classes are compulsory and contribute to students’ overall grade.

The pair originally only hacked into the system to alter their own grades, but after hearing of what they’d done, hundreds of other classmates asked for their assistance in doing the same.

The pair typically charged 15 RMB for each alteration, and were doing very well for themselves until they were caught by school authorities in March. The university informed the police, and the two were subsequently arrested.

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