[fc-discuss] Financial Cryptography Update: Industrial Espionage using Trojan horses

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 Financial Cryptography Update: Industrial Espionage using Trojan horses 

                              May 31, 2005


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https://www.financialcryptography.com/mt/archives/000487.html



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One of the things that bedevils financial cryptography is not knowing
just what crimes are for real and what crimes are fantasy.  Amir points
to a developing scandal in Israel over a threat that has been predicted
for yonks but rarely if ever seen.  In a fairly massive sweep, the
Israeli police have picked up dozens of CEOs and PIs involved in what
they claim is an organised industrial espionage ring.

It comes down to one Trojan horse writer who targetted the wrong couple
- the parents of his ex-wife!  When the parents found pages of their
book on the Internet, they called the police, who found the Trojan. 
This led them to the author, their ex son-in-law, and from there to
three private investigation firms that had contracted his services. 
And of course, to *their* customers...

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/581790.html

It's got intrigue, public personalities, jilted husbands and good old
scary FUD words like Trojan horse.  As Amir suggests, the film rights
are probably worth a bit!

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