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Disgruntled Engineer Hijacks San Francisco's Computer System

Posted by timothy on from the wait-'til-he-turns-off-the-earthquake-preventor dept.

ceswiedler writes "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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  1. Re:ha by Gewalt · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Well, he sure proved them right, that guy's way too unstable to employ. Too bad they didn't realize that and fire him long ago.

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  2. ROTF by doomicon · · Score: 0, Redundant

    LMAO!

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  3. That's stupid... by mario_grgic · · Score: 0, Redundant

    adding zero to what they were paying him before will give him exact same amount of money as before. Perhaps you meant multiply by ten?

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  4. Re:Backups? by AshtangiMan · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Mod UP. Since when is pointing out a simple truth considered Flaimbait?

  5. Re:This is why... by gweihir · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Is holding his possessions captive in such a way legal? Its certainly arseholey.

    He can allways claim he forgot the password. What are they going to do? Tirture him? That is illegal and criminal in every civilized country.

    Oh, wait, the US is not a civilized country....

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