LapLink Cyber Attack: CEO Uncovers Attempted Break-In Exposing Risks

While driving to work on Interstate 405 Thursday, Mark Eppley checked his e-mail from his cellphone and saw a message titled "Break-in attempt." Eppley, the chief executive officer of Bothell software company LapLink, first thought that his business had been . . . While driving to work on Interstate 405 Thursday, Mark Eppley checked his e-mail from his cellphone and saw a message titled "Break-in attempt." Eppley, the chief executive officer of Bothell software company LapLink, first thought that his business had been burglarized.

"What are they going to steal, computers?" he thought. "Maybe they'll get a Pentium 4 if they're lucky."

Then his day got much worse.

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