Feds use key logger to thwart PGP, Hushmail

Iria · Jul 10, 2007, 05:23 PM

Source: News.com
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A recent court case provides a rare glimpse into how federal agents deal with encryption: by breaking into a suspect's home or office, implanting keystroke logging software, and spying on what happens from afar.

An agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration persuaded a federal judge to authorize him to sneak into an Escondido, Calif., office believed to be a front for manufacturing the drug MDMA, or Ecstasy. The DEA received permission to copy the hard drives' contents and inject a keystroke logger into the computers.

Jul 10, 2007, 05:23 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Feds use key logger to thwart PGP, Hushmail Source: News.com _______ A recent court case provides a rare glimpse into how federal agents deal with encryption: by breaking into a suspect's home or office, implanting keystroke logging software, and spying on what happens from afar. An agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration persuaded a federal judge to authorize him to sneak into an Escondido, Calif., office believed to be a front for manufacturing the drug MDMA, or Ecstasy. The DEA received permission to copy the hard drives' contents and inject a keystroke logger into the computers.