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IEEE Spectrum article: For Love of Money
From: Tom Van Vleck <thvv () multicians org>
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 21:38:54 -0500
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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