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Tom Wark and Jack Gramenz

Student couldn't hack parking fees before $40k 'ransom'

A former Western Sydney University student will face court charged with hacking offences. (Supplied/AAP PHOTOS)

Getting free passes in the classroom and the car park has allegedly put a university student on the path to financial extortion of her alma mater.

Police allege the 27-year-old former student waged an "ongoing and sustained campaign" against Western Sydney University for more than four years before her arrest on Wednesday.

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