Seattle man accused of targeting parents in online ID theft

LEVI PULKKINEN Seattlepi 04/07/2009 17:42
Seattle man accused of targeting parents in online ID theft - online - ID


Parents be warned -- your child's illegally downloaded music could cost you your identity.



Following on a similar indictment against another Washington man, federal prosecutors now say Seattle resident Frederick Eugene Wood used peer-to-peer file sharing software -- often used to illegally swap music and videos online -- to steal identifying information from other users computers.

In court documents, investigators allege that Wood specifically targeted parents whose children downloaded file-sharing software and inadvertently opened their computers to anyone on the Internet.


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