Suburban mom moonlights as school computer hacker.

Catherine Venusto is a renaissance woman--soccer mom, secretary, computer hacker, the usual.

As a secretary for the Northwestern Lehigh School District (Pennsylvania), Catherine allegedly figured out how to hack into the school database, and--once inside--start changing her children's grades. On one occasion she changed her daughter's F into an M (medical exception). On another, she changed her son's 98 into a 99. Now, I'm not one to judge, but I think these grades hint which child will be working the third shift drive-thru window at McDonald's someday.

Anywho, like all good wannabe cat burglars, Catherine got greedy. She decided hacking in once wasn't enough--she kept going back...110 times.

She's charged with six counts of various computer hackery crimes, all third degree felonies. If convicted she faces up to 42 years in prison and $90,000 in fines.

42 years for an M grade. Let this be a lesson to all soccer moms to aim high when hacking grades. Go big.


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