Wed, 16 Jul 2008
omg teh sf h4x0r
That SF-city worker network guy story seems to be getting weirder, to me at least. There's another story up today. Two things stick out-
-$5MM bail? Isn't that like 5 times higher than what an average murder suspect has their bail set at in SF?
-The original insubordination suspension from work was probably mentioned at the end of the article:
On June 20, authorities said, Childs started taking photographs of the Technology Department's new head of security after she began an audit of who had password access to the system. The woman became frightened by Childs' behavior and locked herself in an office, authorities said.I can't imagine any IT Security staff that I've worked with locking themselves in their office when staff took their pic w/ a cellphone. That part just seems weird. And the bit about creating a way to spy on his bosses' emails? Shoot, every Exchange admin I know does that on occasion. I'm not trying to justify it, it's just that it's not very creative or new. And you don't need anything special to do it. In fact, if your boss leaves his/her computer unlocked you could just set up a new filter in their email client to bcc you on their emails. And if you had server access, you could do the same. . . 16 Jul 13:02 | /rants_and_raves | 3 comment(s)
His supervisors' concern grew when it became clear that Childs had not only given himself exclusive access to the system, but had created a way to spy on his bosses' e-mails related to his conduct, authorities said.
