[Marxism] Fired Fannie Mae Contractor Indicted For Logic Bomb

[Charlie <charles1848@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fired Fannie Mae Contractor Indicted For Logic Bomb

By Thomas Claburn, InformationWeek, January 29, 2009 03:30 PM

...
The logic bomb, a malicious script designed to wipe Fannie Mae's 4000 
servers, was allegedly placed by Rajendrasinh Makwana, an IT contractor 
who worked in Fannie Mae's Urbana, Md. facility. It was set to execute 
on January 31, 2009. Had it done so, Fannie Mae engineers expect it 
would have caused millions of dollars in damage and possibly shut down 
the government-sponsored mortgage lender for a week.

Makwana, 35, was indicted for unauthorized computer access on Tuesday in 
a Maryland District Court. Court documents indicate that he is a citizen 
of India who resides in the United States under a work visa.
...
The discovery occurred on October 29. Makwana had been terminated as a 
Fannie Mae contractor on October 24, around 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., the 
affidavit says, but his network access was not terminated until late 
that evening. Makwana was fired for allegedly creating a computer script 
earlier that month that changed server settings without the permission 
of his supervisor.
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Full item at
http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212903521


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