SF's Rogue IT Admin Facing 4 Felonies

Terry Childs, the rogue system administrator for San Francisco who locked officials out of the city's fiber-optic wide area network (WAN) this year, is facing four felony charges in the case.

San Francisco District Attorney Kamala D. Harris announced Friday that Childs, 43, will be arraigned in San Francisco Superior Court on January 13. He is accused of tampering with the city and county of San Francisco's network system in such a way as to deny other authorized administrators access to the network, and to set up devices to gain unauthorized access to the system.

The DA's office said Childs is facing four felony charges for causing losses in excess of $200,000 as a result of the alleged computer network tampering. ... Go to source