vRRitti.com, providing sentiency

Terry Childs, the systems administrator made infamous back in July 2008 when he installed secret backdoor access to San Francisco’s FiberWAN network and refused to give up the passwords, has finally been sentenced to serve four years in prison

http://gizmodo.com/5607450/infamous-san-fran-it-admin-gets-four-years-for-hijacking-citys-fiberwan-network

Previously:

Apparently, the passcodes recovered by Mayor Gavin Newsom last Monday did not grant administrator access to the entire system as everyone had hoped. Instead, they provided access to a computer at the Hall of Justice that no one was aware of. They also discovered that Childs had set up more than 1,000 computer modems in locked cabinets and other hiding places as part of a network he was building right under the noses of his superiors. Prosecutors now believe that Childs envisioned a meltdown of the entire system that would target supervisors he considered to be incompetent and inferior to himself. And, the best part was that the system was booby-trapped so that routine system maintenance would trigger the destruction of sensitive city records. Child’s hands would be clean—so to speak

http://gizmodo.com/5030030/sf-hacker-deeply-troubled-turned-city-computer-system-into-his-own-private-network

And:

According to estimates, the cleanup has cost taxpayers $1 million so far, with an additional $800,000 set aside for unforeseen problems. The latest development in the saga occurred late last month when investigators discovered a mysterious hidden networking device referred to as “a terminal server” that appears to provide remote access to the city’s Fiber WAN network. The password is unknown—but the login is accompanied by a warning message stating: “This system is the personal property of Terry S. Childs

http://gizmodo.com/5048947/san-francisco-hunting-for-mystery-device-on-city-network