The L.A. Times and KTLA report: An Illinois man has pleaded guilty to stalking ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and shooting videos of her that he posted on the Internet and tried to sell, federal authorities said today. Michael David Barrett, 48, of Westmont, Ill., admitted that he had the intent to “harass or to cause…
Category: Court
In France, your employer can read files on your computer if you don’t tag them as personal
Cecile Martin writes: By a decision of October 21, 2009 (n°07-43877), the French Supreme Court ruled that files created by an employee on a computer issued by his employer for work purposes were presumed professional unless the employee identified them clearly as personal. This being said, the Court concluded that the employer was entitled to…
Computer of alleged Sarah Palin hacker had spyware
Robert McMillan reports: The 21-year-old college student charged with hacking former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s Yahoo e-mail account was using a compromised computer that was secretly logging and reporting information without his knowledge, his lawyers say. In court filings, attorneys for David Kernell say that the Acer notebooks that FBI agents seized from Kernell’s Knoxville,…
State Dept. Worker Sentenced for Passport Snooping
Grant Gross reports: An employee of the U.S. Department of State was sentenced Wednesday to 12 months of probation for illegally accessing more than 125 electronic passport application files, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Kevin M. Young, 42, of Temple Hills, Maryland, was also ordered by Judge Alan Kay, of the U.S. District Court…