A woman who has appeared in court this week over cyber hacks on Western Sydney University initially exploited the systems four years ago to allegedly secure unauthorised discounted parking on campus.
As the offending escalated, the woman is alleged to have altered her academic results and eventually threatened to sell confidential student data on the dark web.
The matter was referred to State Crime Command’s Cybercrime Squad who established Strike Force Docker to investigate.
Strike force detectives, working closely with Western Sydney University, the AFP Joint Policing Cyber Coordination Centre, JCP3 and cyber security experts, identified the alleged hacker was a former student of the university.
On Wednesday, strike force detectives, with assistance from Northwest Metropolitan Region Operational Support Group, executed a search warrant in Kingswood.
During the search, police located computer equipment and mobile devices.
A 27-year-old woman was arrested at the scene (pictured above) and later charged with 20 offences, including 10 counts of access/modify restricted data held in computer, and four counts of unauthorised modification of data with intent to cause impairment.
She was also charged with obtaining property by deception, attempt to obtain financial advantage and demand with menaces.
The woman was refused bail to appear in court yesterday.
