College Student Pleads Guilty to Developing & Distributing Malware, Faces 10 Years in Prison
A James Madison University Student faces 10 years in prison after guilty plea to distribution of keylogging malware that infected over 16,000 computers. On Friday Zachery Shames, 21, of Great Falls , pleaded guilty to charges of "aiding and abetting computer intrusion" via development and distribution of keylogging malware. The malicious software Shames created allowed users to record keystrokes to steal credentials, passwords, and banking information on infected computers. T