A Maryland man has been charged with digitally snooping on his coworkers while working for a Maryland health system.
Matthew Bathula, 41, of Clarksville, Md., faces two counts of unauthorized access to a protected computer and one count of aggravated identity theft, according to a May 1 Justice Department news release.
Prosecutors allege that between July 2016 and September 2024, Mr. Bathula, while employed as a pharmacy clinical specialist, used a variety of cyber intrusion techniques — such as cookie managers, keylogging, and mailbox-rule creation — to hack the personal and professional accounts of 195 current or former employees of the health system and their romantic partners. He allegedly compromised their Google and iCloud photos and Gmail, Microsoft 365 and social media accounts, maintaining access on his personal devices.
Additionally, according to the indictment, between February 2023 and July 2024 he installed a spyware software program on one or more of the health system’s computers, video-surveilling and recording victims without their consent, including women who were breast-pumping.
Mr. Bathula faces a maximum of 17 years in prison.
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