Politech: Feds charge man for using key logger (only they can do it) [priv]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Feds charge Calif. man for using keystroke logger

<http://www.forbes.com/markets/newswire/2004/03/23/rtr1309478.html>

LOS ANGELES, March 23 (Reuters) - A California man who prosecutors say 
planted an electronic bugging device on a computer at an insurance 
company was indicted on Tuesday on federal wiretapping charges in what 
prosecutors said was the first case of its kind.
Larry Lee Ropp, a 46-year-old former insurance claims manager, is the 
first defendant charged with a federal crime for using a "keystroke 
logger," which tracks the activities on a computer and feeds the 
information back to its owner, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's 
Office in Los Angeles said.
Prosecutors did not say what they believe Ropp hoped to gain by bugging 
the computer, which was being used by a secretary to executives at the 
company where he worked, Bristol West Insurance Group (nyse: BRW - news 
- people).
But an affidavit filed with the indictment suggests he intended to 
supply information to attorneys representing a class of people who were 
suing the company.
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