[pchelpers] News:SF Mayor Gets Hacker's Password in Jailhouse Visit

Alleged Hacker Wouldn't Reveal Secret Password to Unlock San Francisco's
Network

By RUSSELL GOLDMAN
July 23, 2008 

After a weeklong standoff with a city employee accused of hacking into
San Francisco's government computer system, Mayor Gavin Newsom gained
the suspect's password after a rare jailhouse visit, according to
authorities.

Newsom apparently made a secret jailhouse visit to Terry Childs, 43, who
is charged with hacking the city's computer system and creating a secret
password that gave him virtually exclusive access to most of the city's
municipal data.

More here:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=5432751&page=1

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