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IT Worker's Revenge Lands Her In Jail

Posted by samzenpus on from the bad-idea dept.

aesoteric writes "A 30-year-old IT worker at a Florida-based health centre was this week sentenced to 19 months in a US federal prison for hacking, and then locking, her former employer's IT systems. Four days after being fired from the Suncoast Community Health Centers' for insubordination, Patricia Marie Fowler exacter her revenge by hacking the centre's systems, deleting files, changing passwords, removing access to infrastructure systems, and tampering with pay and accrued leave rates of staff."

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  1. Re:Harsh Sentence by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, I'm pretty sure she would have been rehired and promoted into a management position.

  2. Re:Yeah, but... by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 4, Funny

    is she hot?
    Also, does she run linux at home?

    You may choose only one.

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