http://news.techworld.com/security/3327502/murder-retrial-ordered-after-court-records-destroyed-by-virus/ By John E Dunn Techworld 03 January 2012 A convicted murderer has been granted a retrial after a stenographer’s backup record of his trial was apparently destroyed by a malware infection. The possibly unique sequence of events came to a head when Randy Chaviano, 26, appealed against his 2009 conviction in a Florida court for shooting Charles Acosta during an alleged drug deal. When the Appeal Court discovered that almost no records of the trial still existed, the judge the struck down the conviction and ordered a retrial. According to Florida press sources, the stenographer tasked to record the trial had deleted primary records held on a ‘memory disc’ used in the stenography process before the electronic backup made to a PC was also destroyed after an unspecified malware infection. [...] _____________________________________________________ Did a friend send you this article? Make it your New Year's Resolution to subscribe to InfoSec News! http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isnReceived on Wed Jan 04 2012 - 00:31:44 PST
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