The Register is reporting that a former IT administrator for Canadian Pacific Railway has been jailed for 366 days for sabotaging the railway's computer network. Christopher Victor Grupe had convinced the railway to let him quit instead of firing him following a 12 day suspension for insubordination. After signing a resignation letter, he took his work notebook and credientials, logged into the CPR's computer network, and started his mischief. Grupe removed administrator-level accounts, deleted certain key files, and changed the passwords for other accounts on the networking hardware then wiped the laptop he used to sideline the switches, destroyed all and any logs in an attempt to cover his tracks, and handed back the computer.
Stiff penalty for sabotaging the system like this. I guess he didn't learn his lesson from the 12 day suspension, then being fired. Perhaps a year and a day will help calm him down. Thanks to cageymaru for the story.
On January 5, the network hit the buffers. IT staff at CPR tried to log into the switches, and found they were locked out. According to court documents parts of the system went down, and staff had to force reboot, and presumably factory reset, all the switches to regain access to the equipment.
Stiff penalty for sabotaging the system like this. I guess he didn't learn his lesson from the 12 day suspension, then being fired. Perhaps a year and a day will help calm him down. Thanks to cageymaru for the story.
On January 5, the network hit the buffers. IT staff at CPR tried to log into the switches, and found they were locked out. According to court documents parts of the system went down, and staff had to force reboot, and presumably factory reset, all the switches to regain access to the equipment.
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