Network Tech Locks SF Out of Network

Published: July 16, 2008Posted in: government, technologyTags:

“A disgruntled city computer engineer has virtually commandeered San Francisco’s new multimillion-dollar computer network, altering it to deny access to top administrators even as he sits in jail on $5 million bail, authorities said Monday.”

Craziness! See the SF Chronicle article at:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/15/BAOS11P1M5.DTL

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