Monkey Number 1 Says

Interesting read: More shame on the once proud Mounties. This sounds so 'Josh!' Josh is the copper I blogged about a while back who pulled Erin over and proceeded to hit on her and ask her out. He also ran into her at the Springsteen concert, grabbed her by the neck, spun her around and proceeded to hit on her there again. Showing himself to be that moronic, I read this article and just thought Josh! I supposed the alleged car thieves will be happy folks, and I can think of a defense attorney or two who might smile a bit having done their jobs very well.





Evidence in a multi-million dollar trial into a nationwide car theft ring may have been tampered with during a computer security breach, RCMP in Kamloops, B.C., admitted Wednesday.

RCMP had isolated six computers which were dedicated to processing evidence in the case against four Kamloops men who have been charged in connection with the ring, an RCMP spokesperson told CBC News.

An RCMP officer connected the computers to the internet and then used them to download software programs, videos and music files. The officer also accessed chat lines and a dating service.

Subsequently, the computers were infected with at least four viruses over a 20-month period, the RCMP spokesperson said.

One of the viruses caused one of the computers to become part of a Zombie Network, an intrusive web-based proxy network, and sent out thousands of spam messages to other computers.

The viruses also opened a "backdoor" allowing the computer to be controlled by an outside person, including giving them the ability to view, copy, delete or alter any file on the infected machine.

RCMP computer specialists said it's unlikely the files containing evidence in the auto theft ring investigation were altered, but there's no guarantee the evidence was not compromised, the RCMP spokesperson said.

It's not known if the RCMP officer who connected the computers to the internet has faced any disciplinary action.