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2.5 Years in Jail for Planting 'Logic Bomb'

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-that-seems-fairly-light dept.

cweditor writes "A former Medco Health systems administrator was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $81,200 in restitution for planting a logic bomb on a network that held customer health care information. The code was designed to delete almost all information on about 70 company servers. This may be longest federal prison sentence for trying to damage a corporate computer system, although Yung-Hsun Lin faced a maximum of 10 years." How long before the disgruntled sysadmin replaces the disgruntled postal worker in the zeitgeist?

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  1. Do they give Nobel prizes for by Trigun · · Score: 5, Funny

    Attempted Physics? I think not!

  2. Well.. by Killjoy_NL · · Score: 4, Funny

    How long before the disgruntled sysadmin replaces the disgruntled postal worker in the zeitgeist?

    Maybe then they'll fear us MWUAHAHAHAHAHHAA :D

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    1. Re:Well.. by Alioth · · Score: 4, Funny

      I am a post office system administrator. Double power!

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    2. Re:Well.. by soulsteal · · Score: 4, Funny

      I am a post office system administrator. Double power!

      More like quad damage!

  3. Re: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    How long before the disgruntled sysadmin replaces the disgruntled postal worker in the zeitgeist?
    2.5 years, apparently.
  4. a logic bomb? by theheadlessrabbit · · Score: 5, Funny

    so would everyone in the blast radius of this 'logic bomb' be hit with a blast of reason and common sense?
    would those affected begin acting rationally?
    maybe the courts would wake up and start letting the common people win for a change.
    i think we need more of these logic bombs.

    live long and prosper, logic bomber...

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  5. Isn't being disgruntled... by Billosaur · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...part of a sysadmin's job description?

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  6. Re:meatspace by daeg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fear and appease the mighty systems administrator, lest he make your CD tray eject at random and hit thy knee, causing grave distress and injury.

  7. Re:There's an interesting story... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    because you didn't submit the story when it was hot

    ITSALLYOURFAULTFUCKER

  8. No, no... by johndiii · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fear and appease the mighty systems administrator, lest he make thy coffee holder retract at random and spilleth thy coffee all over thy desk and thy pants, causing much consternation and stains that are really hard to get out.

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  9. Re:I don't get this... by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or replace or, in open source systems, edit the NIC driver(s). Have it change random bits in the packets. They'll probably spend WEEKS trying to track THAT down. :-D

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  10. Re:Let me guess by HUADPE · · Score: 4, Funny
    Xeno's paradox is easily disproved in three steps.

    1: Get crossbow and bolt. 2: Aim crossbow at Xeno. 3: Fire. If the bolt moves to Xeno, then it is proved that movement is possible. Also, Xeno will be dead. Win win situation.

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  11. Re:Let me guess by dryueh · · Score: 3, Funny

    Xeno will be dead. Win win situation. Xeno IS dead, you insensitive clod.

  12. Re:meatspace by Deagol · · Score: 3, Funny

    How can they be more private than "deleted"?

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