A New Jersey man has admitted he installed keyloggers and laptops on the networks of two companies and used them to steal data related to an emerging technology they were using.
According to documents filed in US District Court for New Jersey, Ankur Agarwal, 45, of Montville, New Jersey, physically trespassed on the properties of both companies. He then installed hardware-based keyloggers that recorded the usernames and passwords of the companies’ employees. He also installed laptops in the companies’ networks that he used to remotely access the compromised employee accounts. Agarwal also used his unauthorized access at one of the companies to create a fraudulent employee badge that allowed him continued access to the company’s premises.
