San Francisco’s Rogue System Admin Found Guilty

Terry Childs, a system administrator working in San Francisco who refused to disclose the passwords for the city’s network, was found guilty of computer tampering, according to The Register.

Childs has been in custody for the past two years awaiting trial. His sentencing hearing will take place on June 14.

He refused to turn over the passwords when he heard that he was going to be laid off. He claims he did not believe that the civil servants of San Francisco would be able to provide proper security for the passwords.

Childs eventually turned the passwords over to Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco after Newsom visited Childs in prison.

“We had a lot of sympathy for him. He was put in a position he should not have been put in. Management did everything they possibly could wrong. There was ineffective management, ineffective communication. I think if you put the city on trial, they would be guilty too,” on juror told the San Francisco Chronicle.

Related posts:

1. Vulnerability Found in E-Passports
2. New Banking Trojan Found
3. Scientists Claim to Have Found Way to End Cyber Attacks
4. DoD Needs Better Management System
5. Symantec Survey Reveals Poor Password Security