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Cyber-criminal Left In Charge of Prison Computer Network
samzenpus writes "A 27-year-old man serving six years for stealing £6.5million using forged credit cards over the internet was recruited to help write code needed for the installation of an internal prison TV station. He was left unguarded with unfettered access to the system and produced results that anyone but prison officials could have guessed. He installed a series of passwords on all the machines, shutting down the entire prison computer system. A prison source said, 'It's unbelievable that a criminal convicted of cyber-crime was allowed uncontrolled access to the hard drive. He set up such an elaborate array of passwords it took a specialist company to get it working.'"
...hire these people for the FBI or something? At least that's how the movies go...
Slashdot is too nerdy for me.
Where's a "whatcouldpossiblygowrong" tag when you one?
Some cyber-criminal stole my 'need'!
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Chicken Coop, Inc. is proud to announce the promotion of Mr. Fox to the position of chief of security...
You're a computer guy, right? My cousin's kid been trying to help us with this TV station thing we're doing but I don't think he knows what he's doing. Plus he's starting soccer now and he doesn't have much time anymore. It's not like you don't, eh? Heh heh.
Anyway, can you help? We use The Windows and all that so it's pretty standard.
You will? Thanks buddy - I'll see that you get some extra "unmonitored" visits from the little lady this month.
Sexual offenders run the prison rape-prevention program.
No, that's already run by designated "I'll be your daddy and protect you from the others" representatives, fairly elected by the general population.
512 MB RAM, 20 GB disk, 200 GB transfer, five datacenters. $19.95/month.
. . . is assigned in prison to garden detail . . . and is given . . . a chainsaw!
The prison now has a few open bunks.
The prison psychologist stated, "I hoped that we could discover how to do pleasant things with a chainsaw, instead of nasty things."
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
I think executing someone for changing the password on a computer may be a little harsh. I mean, it's not like he installed Windows ME on it.
Still, I think it is comparable to cubical life.
OK, that may be the most ignorant, presumptive thing I've read all day. I've seen prisons and I work in a cubicle. The two situations are nothing alike.
Prisoners get access to a gym and exercise yard...
He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.
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