http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/011012-fathers-attempt-at-parental-control-254720.html By Lucian Constantin IDG News Service January 10, 2012 The course of events that led to the July 2011 compromise of a computer server used by German authorities for GPS surveillance might have started with a police official monitoring his daughter's online activities, according to reports in German media. The man, who is a senior official within the German Federal Police in Frankfurt, installed some type of spyware on his daughter's computer in order to see what she does online, German weekly magazine Der Spiegel reported on Sunday. Later, a friend of the girl, who had ties to the German hacker scene, stumbled over the Trojan installed on her computer. To get back at the curious father, the hacker friend decided to break into the man's personal computer. Apparently, the police officer had diverted official work-related emails to his private computer, which is most likely a serious violation of data handling policies. "I expect that this is against the rules and is almost always a bad idea," said Chester Wisniewski, a senior security advisor at security company Sophos. [...] _____________________________________________________ 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 11 2012 - 02:32:33 PST
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