Kilee Thomas reports:
Investigators said he walked right into St. Anthony Hospital and put malicious malware on an employee’s computer, which could have exposed critical patient data.
Jeffrey Bowie is listed as the CEO of a cyber security company based in Edmond, but instead of helping protect St. Anthony Hospital from hackers, authorities said he was the hacker and installed malware.
A company hiring cyber security specialists to act like hackers and find security weak spots is a common practice.
“We dress up as a FedEx person or some type of delivery person,” said Donovan Farrow, CEO of Alias Cyber Security.
But the owner of an Oklahoma cyber security company is now charged with installing malware at St. Anthony Hospital.
Read more at KOCO.
Bowie has a LinkedIn account where he lists himself as the CEO of 7 Alkaloids LLC since December 2024, and as the CEO of Veritaco since August 2023. The alleged criminal activity in this case reportedly occurred on or about August 6, 2024. Attempts to connect to to Veritaco, which is listed as a cybersecurity firm, timed out.