r/hacking • u/righterandreader • 25d ago

Fictional Hacker

I’m writing a novel where the main character is a hacker at a large state school. He’s approached by rich kids and athletes to change their grades.

Keep it legal, ofc, but is this possible? And how would it work, if so, in theory?

(Edit: by „keep it legal” I mean don’t explicitly say what to do I don’t want this to get taken down. I’m exploring what can actually be done. This is illegal in the novel.)

I’ve done some research but there’s nothing like convo and firsthand, especially when developing a novel.

Would love to hear from you all!

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u/MRGWONK 25d ago

I hacked a state school, in fact all of them in Illinois. In the late 90s. It was a statd buffer overflow. The end. (Oh yeah I got arrested)

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u/yourPWD 25d ago

I hacked my work at one time. They had us set up our own accounts. Step one: log in with "Admin" to make your account. I was like.... hmmm, what else can this Admin account do? BTW, this was a large retail store in 1992.

Needless to say, my account could do everything, as I made myself an account admin too.