Blogroll: San Francisco Network Administrator Locks Everyone Out, Goes to Jail
Jul 16, 2008, News Report
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Photo: Dan Lorhmann blogs for Government Technology on cyber security.
Dan Lohrmann reports that a disgruntled San Francisco network administrator has locked everyone out of the city's system and now sits in jail refusing to divulge the password.
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This should be no surprise...at our most recent California Counties Information Services Directors Association meeting (CCISDA) the question was posed, "while we are watching and monitoring everyone, who's watching us?" There needs to be contingency plans for such internal attacks or bad behavior. This is not the first and certainly, will not be the last of this type of incident; it is an obvious abuse of power and knowledge. Hate to mention this, but there were signs along the way that this IT employee had "issues". Better pre-employment screenings may be part of the solution.