Dual-Use Software Criminal Case Not So Novel
Summary: Taylor Huddleston, a 26-year-old American, faces felony hacking charges over two programs he authored and sold: an anti-piracy product called Net Seal and a remote administration tool called NanoCore, which prosecutors say he intended to function as a remote access trojan. The indictment alleges Huddleston received over 25,000 PayPal payments from Net Seal customers and provided Net Seal to Zachary Shames, who pleaded guilty in January to selling a keystroke logger called Limitless that was distributed to over 3,000 people and used to access more than 16,000 computers without authorization.
Why it matters: The government's case rests on a payment and licensing relationship: prosecutors count 25,000-plus PayPal payments and at least 1,000 payments between Huddleston and Shames as part of the alleged conspiracy, and they are seeking forfeiture of property derived from those proceeds, including Huddleston's house.
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