One admin's missing password leaves San Francisco in a lockdown state

[Manuel]

A former San Francisco city computer network administrator remains in a Bay Area jail after pleading not guilty to four charges of computer tampering. Meanwhile, the city's computer network is in limbo.

Prior to his arrest, Terry Childs, 43, of Pittsburg, California, managed to manipulate the city's computer system, creating a password that has effectively locked out all other city network administrators. As an employee in the San Francisco Department of Technology Information Services, he helped create a new network used for the San Francisco FiberWAN (wide-area network), his former defender said.

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[Chris]

BetaNews | One admin's missing password leaves San Francisco in a lockdown state

Time for some waterboarding.....

 

[Gunny]

Time for some waterboarding.....

Some knuckleheads NEED to be waterboarded on GP alone.