IEEE Spectrum article: For Love of Money

[Tom Van Vleck <thvv () multicians org>]

 For Love of Money
By: Lauren Aaronson
Malicious hacking takes an ominous turn
IEEE Spectrum Nov 2005 Issue

http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/nov05/2145

"... It emerged that the Jackonts' former son-in-law, Michael  
Haephrati, had made a business of selling his spy software and  
services to corporate leaders, who harvested competitors' secrets  
from desktops. In due course, nearly 20 people—including executives  
at two cellphone companies, a major satellite television provider,  
and a Honda importer—found themselves in handcuffs and in Israeli  
tabloid headlines. Their victims included an Israeli  
telecommunications giant and a Volkswagen importer."

The print magazine has a picture of the guy and his wife.

(Interesting that the illustration shows a 1900's Mac tower, which  
would be immune to the Trojan.  The devil is in the details.)


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