article_snippet.sent: Imran Uddin, 25, who was studying science, bought keyboard spying equipment on the internet which Final-year student then connected to a number of university computers.
article_snippet.sent: Through the software, which recorded key strokes, Final-year student was able to find out the passwords that staff were typing in to log in to the computers.
article_snippet.sent: Final-year student then used the passwords that staff were typing in to log in to the computers to log on to the passwords that staff were typing in to log in to the computers accounts himself.
article_snippet.sent: Final-year student carried out Final-year student plot using keyboard ‘shadowing’ devices which look like a USB stick and can be bought for as little as £49 on the internet.
article_snippet.sent: Final-year student plugged these into the back of a number of staff computers at the University of Birmingham where Final-year student was studying.
article_snippet.sent: The device records everything which is typed into the keyboard and saves the data.
article_snippet.sent: Final-year student was found out after staff discovered the devices when several computers were upgraded on October 7 last year.
article_snippet.sent: When they removed the protective casing from the computers in the bio-science building, the devices were discovered.
article_snippet.sent: Staff then began checking other university computer equipment and a further three spying devices were found.
article_snippet.sent: Madhu Rai said one tracker had been attached to a computer in a ‘staff only’ area to obtain the password of employee Christine Chapman, who had access to exam grade software.
article_snippet.sent: Birmingham Crown Court (pictured) heard how Final-year student attached a 'shadowing' keyboard device at the back of a number of university computers in order to steal staff passwords .
highlights_snippet.sent: Imran Uddin, 25, used a keyboard spying device to obtain staff passwords .
  