Disgruntled Engineer Hijacks San Francisco's Computer System

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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Re:Backups?

[Marxist Hacker 42]

Professionalism is just lies told to those who can't handle the truth. It's beneath the dignity of any intelligent person, just like tact. If you can't tell the truth, or can't handle hearing the truth, you shouldn't have your job to begin with.

Sometimes you just have to destroy everything to get people to listen. If your bosses are being "unprofessional" towards you, then you have the right, nay, the DUTY to retaliate.