Freelance Word Punk

[THIS SITE IS NO LONGER BEING UPDATED - IF YOU HAVE ENDED UP HERE YOU ARE IN THE WRONG PLACE, PLEASE CLICK WWW.HAPPYGEEK.COM TO VIEW NEW CONTENT BY DAVEY WINDER]

Monday, June 16, 2008

BOFH gets five years for deleting health records

We can all relate to, and laugh at, the antics of your average Bastard Operator From Hell (BOFH) that rogue system admin who vents his spleen on end users and employers alike. However, sometimes a sysadmin with a grudge is no laughing matter. Such a case would be that of one Jon Paul Oson who has been jailed for five years after deleting data from his former employer’s network in an apparent act of revenge over a poor performance evaluation report.
Newer Post Older Post Home

Blog Archive




Co-founder of IT Security Thing Ltd, Davey Winder is a three time winner of the Information Security Journalist of the Year award (2006/2008/2010) and received the prestigious Enigma Award for his lifetime contribution to information security journalism in 2011.



Simple theme. Powered by Blogger.