Find an account of an interesting (or
clever) and recent computer crime[*]
and write a short description covering the following:
1. What was the crime?
2. Who was the perpetrator (get as much background information on the individual(s) as you can)?
3. What motivated the individual(s) to commit the crime if known?
4. When and where did the crime occur?
5. How was the crime discovered?
6. Was the perpetrator caught? If so, what penalties (if any) did the perpetrator suffer?
7. In your opinion what, if anything, could have been done to prevent this crime from occurring or to prevent similar crimes from occurring in the future.
Be sure to cite your reference(s). If you references include Web sites, please give the URLs and any information available about the authors of the referenced material, owners of the site, and the dates of posting or update.
[*] A computer crime, for the purposes of this assignment, is any crime which makes significant use of computing and could probably not have been done without the use of computers.