European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 17 2007 stars and stripes Page 11 cube stalkers use High tech techniques by Chris l Jenkins the Washington Post Washington the Case had the makings of an eerie cube mystery a Young Alexan Dria a woman told local police she suspected that her Emboy Friend was tapping into her email inbox from thousands of Miles away Reading messages be fore she could and harassing the senders she was right to be suspicious her sex had hacked into her email account either guessing her password or using spyware software that can secretly read emails and Survey Cybert Raffic Law enforcement officials said for months apparently he had followed her every online move part of a pattern of abuse City police Are still investigating Law enforcement officials and safety groups have focused on the internet As an Arena for such types of harassment As false impersonation and character assassination As More people voluntarily place their private lives on Public Dis play through web Sites such Asfa rebook com and myspace com but a Little discussed and More threatening phenomenon is also happening to the unwitting online and in the High tech world cube stalking the illegal Monitor ing of private information and communication of exl overs and spouses As a form of Domestic violence the spurned often use global positioning systems invasive computer programs cell phone monitoring chips and tiny Camer As to follow the whereabouts go Ingson and personal communications of unsuspecting victims cases from across the country have shown that stalkers with Little More than cursory computer knowledge have been Able to track the email and web activity of current or recently divorced spouses in other cases some cell phones outfitted with Gas chips Are secretly attached to cars and the signals Are then followed on line a Fairfax county a woman named Carol who requested that her last name be withheld be cause her Case is ongoing said her a husband accessed her email and confronted her with personal information she had shared Only with a close family member the cube stalking came after weeks of harassing emails and traditional stalking behaviour  Community Bank is proud to announce the upcoming opening of four additional new banking centers and two new atm Only locations across Italy on May 3 our newest banking Center at Nas i Simonella in Sicily Italy will offer services designed specifically to meet the needs of our servicemen and women across Italy services such As free checking with online banking Low interest Loans savings accounts and convenient currency Exchange services that say thank you to those who serve our country and help ensure our Freedom ban of America member Odic such As peeking in her window Shes convinced that he presented the computer information to prove that he could violate her sense of Security whenever and wherever he wanted even after he moved out of the Region at one Point he sent an email saying i know what youre doing and recounted personal actions she had told a family member Only via email just As technology has opened a new realm of abuse to those who seek to stalk someone from afar cube stalking in turn has opened a new Avenue of violation victims feel powerless to Stop oth ers from Reading Legal documents and intimate correspondence As Well As tracking their every on line move Laws Are catching up with technology Washington generally the we based technology used in cube stalking is spyware software that allows stalkers to in Vade their victims computers by sending an email when the email is opened the spyware secretly latches onto the target per Sonal information As Well As key strokes and a users we brows ing history can be stolen Docu ments on hard disks can be scanned stalkers also use Gas devices on their own or As chips in cell phones the units can be traced online to track the whereabouts of targets to keep the systems running sophisticated stalkers have attached the devices to Power sources in cars ifs not hard to figure out Doit yourself manuals Are widely available online some Sites advertise otherwise legitimate pro Grams for stalking uses for in stance spyware was developed commercially to help parents keep tabs on their childrens web use and to provide information for advertisers now it is commonly advertised on web Sites As a Way to Snoop on a spouse state Legislatures took notice of online abuse about 2000 and began passing Laws that make High tech stalking a crime a Law president Bush signed last year also prohibits Anonymous elec tronic communications intended to threaten abuse and harass in addition the Bureau of Justice statistics has started to track technological methods used in stalk ing and Domestic violence the Washington Post