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IT admin locks up San Francisco's network

by Jeremy Kirk, Robert McMillan

A network administrator has allegedly locked up a multimillion dollar computer system for the City of San Francisco that handles sensitive data and is refusing to give police the password

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I had a predecessor do this

I had a predecessor do this and if I'm not mistaken this false under the federal Cyber Terrorism Act that was defined prior to 9/11/2000. It would fall under the Patriot Act allowing far more reaching penalties and sentencing in light of shutting down a law enforcement agency, not to mention the rest of the city. This is a complete breech in ethics for anyone in IT, we are given the keys to the castle because we can be entrusted with them and the data contained there in or flowing across our network.
by D Burke (not verified) on 7/16/08 at 6:31 am | reply

I give props to this guy.

I give props to this guy. This guy is my hero. Keep rocking Terry Childs. WOOT!
by mkultra (not verified) on 7/17/08 at 11:16 am | reply
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