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Israeli couple jailed over computer virus
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:50:42 -0500
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2 006-03-27T133418Z_01_L27641187_RTRUKOC_0_US-CRIME-ISRAEL-SPYWARE.xml&rpc=22 JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli couple convicted of inventing a computer virus that set off a major industrial espionage investigation were sentenced to jail on Monday, court documents showed. Following a plea bargain with prosecutors, Ruth Haephrati was sentenced to four years in prison, the documents said. Her husband, Michael, was jailed for two years as her accomplice. The couple, who were arrested in their London home last year and extradited to Israel, were also ordered to pay their victims two million shekels ($427,000) in compensation. The couple were charged with developing a "Trojan horse" programme they sold to private investigators who helped top Israeli corporations spy on each other's computers. ... _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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