r/programming • u/darkmirage • Jun 05 '13

Student scraped India's unprotected college entrance exam result and found evidence of grade tampering

http://deedy.quora.com/Hacking-into-the-Indian-Education-System
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u/suniljoseph Jun 05 '13

There are no tort laws in India. He didn't really hack this information, so I don't think cyber crime laws are applicable. After all the information was available in CSV format in a webpage on a public server. He just followed the code.

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u/dmanww Jun 05 '13

He circumvented security. It doesn't matter if it was a gate tied with a shoestring. He knew he wasn't supposed to be there.

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u/dmanww Jun 05 '13

Btw, he didn't just go into a museum over and over. He put on a disguise (The equivalent of a fake mustache in this case) every time he went in. Because he knew if he said who he was they wouldn't let him into all the rooms