Israeli couple jailed over computer virus

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>]

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.

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