Feds indict ex-hospital pharmacist for spying on co-workers

A former Maryland hospital pharmacist has been indicted by a federal grand jury in a case alleging he “weaponized” technology – including keylogging and cookie managers – to steal credentials and spy on nearly 200 co-workers and other individuals over an eight-year period.

The U.S. Department of Justice said Friday that Matthew Bathula has been charged with two counts of unauthorized access to a protected computer, and one count of aggravated identity theft while working as a pharmacy clinical specialist for “a medical system” located in the district of Maryland.

While the federal indictment against Bathula does not name the healthcare organization, Bathula is also at the center of a proposed civil class action lawsuit filed last year in a Baltimore court against his former employer, the University of Maryland Medical Center

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