Rogue admin waits for verdict

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 21, 2010

“San Francisco’s rogue sysadmin Terry Childs, who refused to
reveal passwords when he was sacked, could learn his fate later
today.

“The jury has started deliberating on whether Childs is guilty
of locking the city out of its own network. He faces up to five
years in prison if found guilty. Childs refused to hand over
passwords when he was sacked in 2008.”

“Rogue”? Way to not report impartially. I suppose I should
be thankful it’s not spelled “rouge”.
Good summary of the case here
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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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