LANSING, Mich., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A graduate student at the University of Michigan faces charges of stealing the identities of more than 60 fellow students and professors.
Ning Ma could got to prison for five years for his alleged hacking activities, Attorney General Mike Cox told a news conference in Lansing.
The university reported that from August 2002 until April 2003, Ma accessed other people's e-mail accounts and private network storage areas, accumulating personal identification numbers, computer passwords and other sensitive information.
Ma allegedly was able to forge e-mail, acquire copies of final exams and answer sheets, and obtain credit card and bank account numbers of another student.
In one instance, Ma allegedly sent a phony e-mail from a professor's account to a female student indicating she was failing a class and then used that information to tutor the student in hopes of garnering sexual favors in return.
