When Michael Shay, a professor at the University of Delaware, scheduled a physics exam for October 7 last year, several students complained that another professor had already set a test for the same day. But Mr. Shay refused to reschedule.
Until a day before the exam, that is, when students in the class received an e-mail message from Mr. Shay’s account, informing them that the test would be postponed. There was just one problem: The professor said he never sent the note.
Campus police have now arrested Marc J. Simpson, a former student at the university, and accused him of hacking into Mr. Shay’s account and sending the ersatz e-mail message. While sitting in class, Mr. Simpson allegedly logged on to the campus’s wireless network, connected to Mr. Shay’s computer, and used keystroke-recognition software to pilfer the professor’s password. (The News Journal)
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