http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/07/former-san-fran.html



By David Kravets 

Threat Level

Wired.com

July 17, 2008



SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco's "rogue" computer admin accused of 

commandeering the city's exclusive network passwords has offered to hand 

them over, his attorney said Thursday.



The jailed defendant, Terry Childs, 43, pleaded not guilty Thursday to 

four felony counts of denying access to the city's network and of 

producing an unauthorized access device to control the government's 

network remotely.



Childs is being held on $5 million bail, as the authorities fear he 

could unleash a wave of attacks on the FiberWAN system Childs built. It 

controls the city's e-mails, payroll, law enforcement records and other 

data.



Security officials said the hijacking could have been avoided had the 

city undertaken proper security measures.



Childs' attorney, Erin Crane, said that the ordeal is one "big 

misunderstanding."



"As the case unfolds, you'll see that," Crane said. "He's been willing 

to hand over the passwords since Tuesday."



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Received on Fri Jul 18 2008 - 00:47:44 PDT