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Former Eaton Employee Indicted for Installing Malware
A federal indictment has been unsealed, charging Arturas Samoilovas, age 35, of Stow, Ohio, with one count of transmitting and attempting to transmit computer codes, programs or commands, intending to cause damage to a protected computer.
According to the indictment, Samoilovas, a former contractor at Eaton Corporation, accessed the company’s computer system and inserted malicious computer codes on May 21, 2014. The malicious code would have deleted files or data from the Eaton Corporation computer system.
Samoilovas is accused of seeking to disrupt the company’s operations through its computer system. If activated, his placement of malicious software, also known as ‘malware’, would have caused significant damage to Eaton Corporation’s internal computer network.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Robert W. Kern following an investigation by the Cleveland office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is entitled to a fair trial in which it will be the government’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Samoilovas was employed at Eaton Corporation as a contract employee between November 2013 and May 21, 2014, where he worked as a financial analyst. He applied for several other positions at Eaton prior to the expiration of his temporary employment contract, but was not selected.
If convicted, the defendant’s sentence will be determined by the court after review of factors unique to this case, including the defendant’s prior criminal record, if any, the defendant’s role in the offense and the characteristics of the violation.
Key Facts
- State: Ohio
- Category: Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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