[NetBehaviour] Disgruntled Engineer Hijacks San Francisco's Computer System

marc garrett marc.garrett at furtherfield.org
Tue Jul 15 15:42:03 CEST 2008


Disgruntled Engineer Hijacks San Francisco's Computer System

A disgruntled software engineer has hijacked San Francisco's new 
multimillion-dollar municipal computer system. When the Department of 
Technology tried to fire him, he disabled all administrative passwords 
other than his own. He was taken into custody but has so far refused to 
provide the password, and the department has yet to regain admin access 
on their own. They're worried that he or an associate might be able to 
destroy hundreds of thousands of sensitive documents, including emails, 
payroll information, and law enforcement documents.

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