Grade Hacking Scandal of 1993

The Grade Hacking Scandal of 1993 (１９９３年のグレードハッキングスキャンダル) was a hacking incident that Susumu "Driller" Takajima, who was a first-year junior high school student at that time, committed during the 1992-1993 school year at Emenbee Elementary and Junior High School on an attempt to raise his and a total of forty students' grades.

Before the attack
Driller had been getting low grades on tests, which could affect him moving up into the second and third years. He then figured out a plan to change grades for his friends. Things were pretty normal at Emenbee Elementary and Junior High School at that time.

Impact
On the day of the attack on March 19, 1992, Driller installed a new keylogger he purchased a week ago on his homeroom teacher's PowerBook laptop. At the end of the day, Driller took back the floppy disk he used and inserted it into his PC-98 at home. With the keylogging device he used, he printed out the passwords he captured so he can breach into the system.

After he logged in, he changed his grades from an F- to C+. He also performed the same procedure for over forty students. After he changed the grades.

Aftermath
That Monday, Driller was called to the principal's office. Driller was in double trouble. At the office, the principal told Driller that some grades were changed and that one of the teachers' computers were hacked, and his science grade being inflated. When a faculty member soon logged in, they found out Driller had access to the faculty member's username and password.

His actions were reported to local police, and was placed on juvenile probation for three months.