From - Yahoo IT News (http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/148427)
"A network administrator has locked up a multimillion dollar computer system for San Francisco that handles sensitive data and is refusing to give police the password, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Monday.
The employee, 43-year-old Terry Childs, was arrested Sunday. He gave some passwords to police, which did not work, and refused to reveal the real code, the paper reported."
"City officials told the paper that Childs may have caused millions in damage while also rigging the network so that other third parties could monitor traffic, posing a huge data security risk. He is also alleged to have installed a tracing system to monitor communications related to his personnel case. "
A perfect example of why organizations need contingency plans, at least two deep leadership in their IT departments and management who is at least technology literate.
A little food for thought for our City and County on a Thursday morning.
ain't that a b****!
Those stupid yahoos thought they'd bust the SysAdmin and he'd naturally spill the passwords to everything just because they demanded it. So the police arrested him, humiliated him and tried to intimidate him. He told 'em to sit and spin.
Serves 'em right.
than an IT guru with a bad attitude...lol