Rogue SF Network Admin Gets Break on Charges

"He’s been held on four felony charges since July, 2008, related to the network tampering, but now the San Francisco Chronicle reports a judge has tossed three of the four charges against him.

"San Francisco’s FiberWAN network carries 60 percent of city data, including police records, city payroll data and jail booking information. Childs eventually surrendered the password information, but only after San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom spoke to him in prison."

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