*Jeez, this is the worst. It's like something out of Alfred Hitchcock.
*From SANS, which can be relied upon to supply all your bungling-cybercriminal
news needs.
–Spyware Intended for Girlfriend Ended Up on Hospital Network
(September 17, 2009)
An Ohio man will plead guilty to federal charges after spyware he
sent to a woman ended up on a hospital computer system. Scott Graham
intended the spyware to be installed on the computer of a woman with
whom he had been in a relationship, but instead, she opened the email
at work, infecting the computer systems at Akron Children's Hospital.
The spyware sent more than 1,000 screen shots to Graham's email;
the stolen data included confidential patient information and email
and financial data of four other hospital employees. Graham will
plead guilty to one count of illegally intercepting electronic
communications and will pay US $33,000 in damages to the hospital.
He will face a maximum prison sentence of five years.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138208/Misdirected_spyware_infects_Ohio_hospital?source=rss_security
[Editor's Note (Liston): While Mr. Graham is getting a well deserved
trip to the woodshed, what about the hospital? Aren't they culpable
in the least? What failures on their part allowed an employee to
access personal email and *install* (I'm familiar with this particular
programming gem, and no, it doesn't auto-install...) spyware on their
systems? (Schultz): This by all appearances is yet another case in
point of inadequate information security practices in hospitals. This
hospital should have mandated the use of end point security software
that would have detected the spyware and kept it from being installed
in the first place.
(Northcutt): I wonder if this will impact his relationship with
his girlfriend? Before you spy on someone you are in a relationship
with consider:
http://marriage.about.com/od/trustissues/a/spying.htm
http://www.articlesbase.com/marriage-articles/cheating-spouse-stories-is-it-legal-to-spy-69732.html
http://www.kissmegoodnight.com/dating-advice-and-tips/my_girlfriend_is_spying.shtml ]]
