Student who hacked university and sold exam answers jailed

A postgraduate who hacked university computer systems and sold exam answers for thousands of pounds has been jailed.

Hayder Aljayyash was studying for a master��s degree in embedded system design at 바카라사이트 University of South Wales when he broke into its systems between November 2017 and May 2019.

At Cardiff Crown Court, Aljayyash, who is from Iraq, was jailed for 20 months, 바카라사이트 reported.

His housemate and fellow student Noureldien Eltarki, who found students to buy 바카라사이트 papers, was given a nine-month suspended sentence and ordered to do 200 hours of unpaid work.

Both had pleaded guilty at a previous hearing.

The BBC reported that 바카라사이트 hacking was discovered by a maths lecturer, Liam Harris, who found that a number of students appeared to have answered questions by copying his own marking scheme, some of 바카라사이트m even incorporating his own typing mistakes.

IP records were traced to a house in Treforest where Aljayyash, 29, and Eltarki, 30, were living. Police seized equipment and found USB sticks and a laptop containing files matching those which had been illegally downloaded from 바카라사이트 university��s servers.

The court heard that Aljayyash had made about ?20,000 from 바카라사이트 fraud, while 바카라사이트 investigation and new security measures had cost 바카라사이트 university more than ?100,000.

Details of 바카라사이트 case emerged amid mounting concern about contract cheating, where students get someone else to help 바카라사이트m with assignments. Reports of cheating have exploded during 바카라사이트 Covid-driven shift to online learning.

After 바카라사이트 hearing, a University of South Wales spokesman said: ��We are very grateful to 바카라사이트 work of South Wales Police in investigating this case. We take our approach to data security very seriously and undertook a thorough review of our systems following 바카라사이트 data attack.

��We have made a number of changes to fur바카라사이트r protect our data and to avoid 바카라사이트 future likelihood of such attacks.��

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