http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209100472



By Antone Gonsalves

InformationWeek

July 16, 2008



A San Francisco computer engineer arrested for allegedly locking out 

system administrators from the city's network has a criminal record for 

aggravated robbery in another state.



In addition, Terry Childs, 43, of Pittsburg, Calif., is still being paid 

his six-figure salary while he sits in jail, refusing to divulge the 

password he created to hijack the computer system that stores 60% of all 

city government data, including e-mails, law enforcement records, and 

payroll documents, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Wednesday.



Childs was arraigned Tuesday in San Francisco Superior Court on four 

felony counts of computer tampering. He was being held Wednesday in lieu 

of $5 million bail.



Childs, who works for the city's technology department, is accused of 

locking out other system administrators after they started asking 

questions about a run-in he had with the department's head of security. 

The suspect has refused to divulge the password that would unlock the 

system, which remains operational.



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Received on Thu Jul 17 2008 - 10:04:50 PDT