14 DAY TRIAL // Joseph Camp, a 29-year-old from Kansas City, Mo., has been sentenced to three years in prison without the possibility of parole for his role in a hacking scheme that targeted the University of Central Missouri (UCM). He has also been ordered to pay $61,500 (€46,000) in restitution.
Camp was arrested in 2009 and he pleaded guilty to hacking UCM in April 2013.
According to court documents, during the time he was a student at UCM, Camp and an accomplice developed a computer virus which they used to infect the university’s networks.
They distributed the virus on thumb drives that allegedly contained vacation photographs.
Once they infected the computers, they used the virus to steal the details of faculty, staff, alumni and students. The stolen information was used to transfer money to their student accounts, and they even attempted to change grades.
Camp conspired with 23-year-old Daniel Fowler, who was also a student and community advisor at UCM. Fowler pleaded guilty to his role in the scheme back in June 2011, but he hasn’t been sentenced yet.