Former DoE Employee Sentenced for Planting Spyware

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via internetnews.com.

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A former Department of Education (DoE) network security employee was sentenced to five months in prison Friday for 
placing spyware on his boss's computer. 

In March, Kenneth Kwak, 34, pleaded guilty to one count of intentionally gaining unauthorized access to a government 
computer and obtaining information. 

In addition to prison time, Kwak was fined $40,000 and will serve five additional months of home confinement with 
electronic monitoring. In addition he received a three-year term of supervised release. 

According to a statement of facts filed with the March guilty plea, Kwak was a system auditor working on federal 
information security management audits as a member of the DoE's Office of Inspector General. 

In his plea, Kwak admitted that he had placed software on a supervisor's computer that allowed him to access the 
computer's storage at will. He later used that access on numerous occasions to view his supervisor's intra-office and 
Internet e-mail as well as his other Internet activity and communications. 

Kwak admitted sharing the information with others in his office, but according to the Department of Justice, there is 
no indication he financially profited from his action. 

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More:
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3606141

- ferg


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