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Keystroke Capture @ Boston College
Posted by Paul Szynol on Friday, February 07 @ 13:06:08 EST Privacy
A former student installed keystroke capturing software on computers at Boston College in order to collect users' personal data.

He collected information about 4,800 computer users--passwords, credit cards, social security numbers, inter alia.

The student has been "indicted by a Middlesex County grand jury today on six counts of interception of wire communications, eight counts of unauthorized access to a computer system, two counts each of larceny over $250, identity fraud and breaking and entering in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony, and one count each of stealing from a building and distributing counterfeit movies and television shows."
The news release from the Office of Attorney General Tom Reilly is here.
 
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by Anonymous on Friday, February 07 @ 13:32:54 EST
"distributing counterfeit movies and television shows" ???


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The 'Preview' button erases Subject lines.


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