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SF Expands On Childs's Crimes. Bail Maintained.

2008-07-24 09:49:30 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...Childs , the City of San Francisco network administrator who held the city's FiberWAN hostage until a couple of days ago, is dominated by descriptions of the crimes and suspicious behavior committed by Childs according to the city. These claims, along with the $10,000 Childs had on him at the time of the arrest, convinced the judge not to...
 
Tags: childs, terry childs, story implies, story, claim, cabinets, storage cabinets, san francisco chronicle, city
 
 
 
 
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SF Expands on Childs' Crimes. Bail Maintained.

2008-07-24 09:49:30 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...Childs , the City of San Francisco network administrator who held the city's FiberWAN hostage until a couple of days ago, is dominated by descriptions of the crimes and suspicious behavior committed by Childs according to the city. These claims, along with the $10,000 Childs had on him at the time of the arrest, convinced the judge not to...
 
Tags: childs, terry childs, story implies, story, claim, cabinets, storage cabinets, san francisco chronicle, city
 
 
 
 
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On Doomsaying (Terry Childs case)

2008-07-24 12:48:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Childs that :-) Even though some people still think that he is a good guy (more on that on Slashdot What also caught my attention is that some retard called his bail ($5m) "ridiculously high." Well, if he was an outside hacker, say a Romanian script kiddie, jailed for hacking SF network, would they release him for $5m? Maybe not! Now, do you...
 
Tags: terry childs, access, business, dumb, security vendor propaganda, romanian script kiddie, guy, common sense, people
 
 
 
 
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Admins , Good Guys or "I am NOT an Idiot!"

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2008-07-29 15:19:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
...Childs case) ") and this (" So ... Am I? Maybe I Am! "), both related to Terry Child case, as well as a response to this post by Paul Venezia ( "The anti-admin stance and the Childs case First, let me disclose something - my frantic efforts with the Paint allow me to proudly proclaim: I am a certified, trusted "Good Guy Good guys, let me...
 
Tags: terry childs, childs, guys, admins, terry childs story, bad boss, boss, underneath management, management
 
 
 
 
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Disgruntled Employee Holds San Francisco Computer Network Hostage

2008-07-16 11:43:10 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Childs created a password that granted him exclusive access to the system, authorities said. He initially gave pass codes to police, but they didn't work. When pressed, Childs refused to divulge the real code even when threatened with arrest, they said. He was taken into custody Sunday. City officials said late Monday that they had made some...
 
Tags: system, system administrators, computer system june, exclusive access, childs, access, pass codes, city officials, authorities
 
 
 
 
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Admins More Powerful Than Hackers

2008-09-16 13:10:29 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...Childs, the former San Francisco City Systems Administrator, is a good example of why you should be careful Childs held the network hostage by withholding passwords and setting up a rogue access point. However in the court case, a supposedly expert witness testified that Childs posed no danger because the city could lock him out with simple...
 
Tags: childs, terry childs, network, childs posed, critical network information, simple, simple steps, careful childs held, rogue access
 
 
 
 
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How to Protect Your Network from Rogue IT Employees

2008-07-19 00:00:00 by HASH0x8472b5c in Network World on Security
 
...Childs, a network administrator for the City of San Francisco is accused of creating a super-password on the switches and routers in the city's Fibre WAN and using it to block everyone else's access to administrative functions. According to reports, Childs had been detected tampering with the network and had reacted with hostility when...
 
Tags: network, terry childs, network administrator, childs, city, fibre wan, administrative functions, san francisco, super-password
 
 
 
 
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Monthly Blog Round-Up - July 2008

2008-08-01 16:38:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Childs saga. Namely, " On Doomsaying (Terry Childs case) ", " So ... Am I? Maybe I Am! " and " Admins , Good Guys or "I am NOT an Idiot Obviously, my earlier post/rant called " You Are "A Security Idiot" If ... " takes the #2 spot. Yes, we all like to point out other people's problems, especially when they are epically huge Next up is my post...
 
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Monthly Blog Round-Up - August 2008

2008-09-04 12:22:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Childs saga. Namely, " On Doomsaying (Terry Childs case) ", " So ... Am I? Maybe I Am! " and " Admins , Good Guys or "I am NOT an Idiot Somewhat predictably, PCI compliance is all the rage again with 1.2 coming out soon . So, MUST-DO Logging for PCI? post was again propelled to a place in my monthly Top5 list. It discusses the fact that there...
 
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