Cops Who Started ‘Hackers Are Us’ Service Convicted


Written by Pavs on July 3rd, 2007

A few months back we wrote about a private investigation firm in the UK that had a separate “computer hacking” division called “Hackers Are Us.” It seemed like the sort of thing that you wouldn’t necessarily want to name a company that clearly was breaking computer fraud laws — but no one ever said criminals were smart. A court has now convicted the two guys who set up the service… and it turns out that both were actually on the police force at the time (though one was on leave for depression). Yes, “Hackers Are Us,” a private investigation firm that would illegally install keyloggers on anyone’s computer was run by two moonlighting cops.

http://techdirt.com/articles/20070628/222021.shtml





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