For 13 years, a #hacker has been spying on thousands of people’s activity on their Apple computers using a #malicioussoftware called FruitFly. Phillip R. Durachinsky, 28, of North Royalton, Ohio was indicted and charged with 16 counts in federal court, including violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, plus wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, illegal wiretapping and child pornography.
Durachinsky’s FruitFly software was described as a swiss army knife of #malware that probably used some style of #keylogging attack to spy on his victims. Although it’s not entirely clear what Durachinsky’s motives were by launching FruitFly, the article states that the defendant used his access to collect and save personal data from #Fruitfly victims including tax records, medical records, photographs, internet searches performed, banking records and potentially embarrassing communications and data In addition to accessing unauthorized personal computers, he also had access to the Department of Energy, a police department in Ohio, multiple schools, and other businesses worldwide.
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