December 16, 2005

[In The News.] Man sentenced for ‘cyber-stalking’.

A Gladstone man was sentenced Tuesday to four months’ home detention and three years’ probation for infecting his ex-wife’s computer with spyware that allowed him to watch her online activity.

Jason Russell, 28, pleaded guilty in August, admitting that he purchased a membership in a now-defunct Internet service called Lover-Spy. The service provided spyware designed to remotely monitor a computer and track such things as instant messaging and e-mail.

The so-called cyber-stalking case was the first of its kind prosecuted in federal court in western Missouri.

“The rules of privacy still apply in cyberspace — it is illegal to use this kind of spyware to wiretap another person’s computer,” U.S. Attorney Todd Graves said in a written statement.
Source: Here.

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Posted by IdentityMIA to In The News. at 12/16/2005 12:18:00 AM

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