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Former employee accused of writing virus to target Whac-a-Mole machines
2011-02-25 07:26

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/crime/os-arrest-virus-whac-a-mole-20110224,0,6618031.story By Gary Taylor Orlando Sentinel February 24, 2011 Whac-A-Mole seems like it could be endless fun. Moles pop out of five holes in the arcade game and a soft mallet is used to force them back into the holes to score points. Children and adults alike could whack the moles for hours at a time. Or at least they could until a worker programmed a virus into the machines to make them shut down after a pre-determined number of plays, Holly Hill police said. Now they have arrested that man, Marvin Walter Wimberly Jr., 61, of Orlando, who faces a charge of offenses against intellectual property. It was all a scheme by Wimberly to insure job security, according to an arrest affidavit. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/


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