Arrested the managers of a company that sold 'software' poisoned 1,000
companies. Fraudsters introduced "errors controlled" for the system to
fail at a particular dateDUVA JESUS - Madrid - 22/06/2010
VoteResult 147 votes. The Guardia Civil have arrested three managers of
a company that sells customized software for small and medium
enterprises which contained "errors controlled" programming to fail at a
predetermined date. The company sold software poisoned more than 1,000
customers in Spain, according to sources of the armed. The news on other
websites Spanish-language web sites in other languages. The scam was
carried out from about 1998 and consisted of the introduction of "logic
bombs" in the software that they distributed, which caused a computer
error that paralyzed the normal functioning of business and forced them
to contact the service technical, with the consequent economic
loss.Users who had not opted for this service were charged for the
repair, they introduced another "error control" for the new date and
were advised the contracting of maintenance service.The investigation
began following an anonymous communication received through the citizen
communication portal, what has resulted now with Operation Cordoba. This
has been developed in the provinces of Seville and Cordoba Telematics
Group Crimes of the Central Operational Unit of the Guardia Civil,
supported by the Technological Research Team (EDIT) of command of Córdoba.
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Disabling your own software after a certain date is one thing;
unpleasant but not unheard of. Disabling the whole shop is HIGHLY
UNETHICAL and should be condemned with all possible vigor.
Rick
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