Pharmacist from the University of Maryland Medical Center Accused of Spying on 400 Computers and 80 Colleagues at Home

• Six women have filed a class-action lawsuit against the University of Maryland Medical System and a pharmacist for spying
• Matthew Bathula allegedly installed spyware on 400 computers and watched breastfeeding mothers and married couples in their homes
• He also captured keystrokes of over 80 individuals to copy their credit card and passport details

Six women have filed a class-action lawsuit against the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) for failing to prevent stalking at the hands of its pharmacist, and former employee Matthew Bathula.

Accusing Bathula of spying and hacking hospital cameras the lawsuit filed on Thursday read that the Maryland Pharmacist installed spyware on 400 computers and watched them for eight years.

Besides females, he also allegedly spied on male co-workers taking the victim count to 80. 

The plaintiff accused the university of negligence that led to the exposure of intimate videos and credit card data from hacked hospital and home cameras.

Addressing the gravity of the incident, one of the plaintiffs' attorneys, Cindy Morgan, told 11 News Investigates, “The voyeurism in this case is like a magnitude that we haven't seen.”

“He used that keystroke software to gain the usernames and passwords of his victims, and then, he used those usernames and passwords to access their personal accounts,” Morgan further explained.

Bathula also captured the individuals’ driver’s licenses, passwords, and protected health information in his data heist raising questions about his intentions and the nature of the cybercrime.

He used keyloggers to get login information and hack into the home surveillance systems to spy on them while they were at home. He would watch married couples when they would be together and stealthily watch breastfeeding mothers with their children.

Accusing the medical institution of its negligence, Morgan concluded, “It shows, for us, the complete and utter failure of the institution to have any, you know, reasonable and protective IT measures to guard against this type of attack.”

In response to the allegations, UMMS said to 11 News Investigates, “It's our most sincere hope and expectation that the person alleged to have violated the trust of his colleagues and of our organization will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law, which is why we have worked collaboratively over the past several months with the FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office, who are engaged in an active criminal investigation.”

Bathula is presently working at another medical institution in Baltimore.