Are there really documented cases of crimeware?
Although relatively few cases have been discovered (and such cases are often kept under wraps), there have still been several cases that have featured in the general media. One of the most notorious cases occurred in Israel, where an Israeli writer, Amnon Jackont, discovered that parts of a book he had begun to write appeared on the Internet, along with other personal documents. The Tel Aviv police examined Jackont’s computer and found a Trojan that was sending information to servers located in other countries, such as the UK. Finally, after studying the Trojan, they established that the creator was Michael Haephrati, Jackont’s ex son-in-law, and they arrested him. After analyzing information on the remote servers, confidential information about several Israeli companies was discovered. Haephrati had been creating custom-made Trojans for several private detectives working for large companies that were spying on competitors. The companies paid the detectives, who in turn paid Haephrati.
