Keyword logger, logged
p2pnet.net News:- A man who used a $70 commercial key logger to trap data from a PC has been indicted on federal wiretapping charges.
The device plugs in between keyboard and computer. A microcontroller interprets the data and stores it in non-volatile memory. To access recorded data, users type in a password and a menu is displayed with options to erase, view, search for keywords, change password, or disable the device.
The indictment and criminal complaint claim Larry Lee Ropp installed a ‘Key Katcher’ on a PC used by the assistant to the VP at Bristol West Insurance Group/Coast National Insurance Co in Anaheim, Calififornia, says Security Pipeline here, going on:
“The device wasn’t identified until Ropp was terminated and called another Bristol West employee to ask that she remove the device from the computer.
“During interviews with the FBI, Ropp admitted using the Key Katcher, according to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office, but claimed he was a whistleblower working on behalf of the California Department of Insurance, a claim denied by representatives of the Insurance Department.”
