Network Administrator Arrested For Messing With San Francisco's System

By Michael Todd
10:32, July 16th 2008
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Network Administrator Arrested For Messing With San Francisco's System

A network administrator was arrested on Sunday for changing the passwords to a new computer system in the city of San Francisco, which deals with a significant amount of sensitive information, including jail inmate bookings, city payroll records and many other law enforcement data.

The 43-year-old engineer, Terry Childs, had been working in the Department of Telecommunications of Information Services for the past five years and apparently, during this time, he had several problems with his superiors due to his poor performances.

At this point he awaits for his attorney to properly review all the details in order to prepare his defense and the trial date is set for Thursday. Childs is charged with four counts of computer tampering.

Even though the rest of the system’s administrators feared that Child’s actions might lead to very troublesome situation, the system seems to be working fine and there are just a few more glitches to fix in order for everything to return to normal.

"Right now our system is up and running and we haven't had any problems so far," said Ron Vinson, chief administrative officer for the Department of Technology where Childs worked and messed with the passwords. He also added that for the time being, they will continue to monitor all the operations in order to ensure that the integrity of the network is maintained.

According to the office of San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris, the bail is set at $5 million and if convicted on all four counts, Terry Childs will serve seven years in prison.



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