After a two-month investigation, an ISU graduate student was arrested for electronic eavesdropping, Department of Public Safety officials said.

Jerry Stewart, interim director of DPS said King Chong Iris Fung, 36, of 211 S. Hyland Ave., turned herself in to DPS Tuesday after an investigator had previous contact with her.

Fung allegedly replied to a man’s e-mail without his permission. The e-mail was from a prospective employer, offering an annual income of $200,000. Evidence collected indicates that Fung turned down the job offer on behalf of the victim without his consent.

The name of the victim has not been released. Stewart said Fung accessed the man’s e-mail account by means of trial and error with his password.

“We don’t believe any hacking tools were involved,” he said.

Stewart said the department was able to track her down after the department obtained a subpoena for computer logs.

The logs indicate Fung gained access to the victim’s e-mail account about 33 times. Fifteen of the 33 were from the computer lab in Durham Center.

Stewart said he has not heard if the victim got the job or not.

He said Fung could be charged with several violations.

“After consulting with the Story County Attorney’s Office, we thought [electronic eavesdropping] was the best appropriate charge,” Stewart said.

Fung was released on her promise to appear in court.

Electronic eavesdropping is a serious misdemeanor, punishable by a fine or up to a year in incarceration.

Mike Bowman, assistant director of customer services at the academic information technologies center, said Iowa State does a fairly good job making sure people can’t easily get into other individual’s accounts.

He said as long as students take necessary precautions, they are pretty safe. He said when using computers in the Durham Center, students should restart the system before they leave.

“They can’t log into your e-mail unless you don’t log out of it,” he said. “If they have your name and password, they can log-in to [your account]. That is why you need to create a good password and not let any one know what it is.”