The San Francisco computer engineer accused of withholding access codes to the city’s network surrendered the password during an unusual jailhouse visit by Mayor Gavin Newsom, authorities said Tuesday.
Newsom came away with the access codes Monday night after talking with Terry Childs, 43, of Pittsburg, who has been held since July 13 on four felony counts stemming from what prosecutors describe as an effort to block administrative access to the network that handles 60 percent of the city’s information, including sensitive law enforcement, payroll and jail booking records.
You have to read the whole story, but basically, he changed the passwords, went to jail because he would not tell them the new passwords, and set up a secret meeting with the Mayor so that he could plead his case. According to the SFGate, he didn’t want the folks that fired him messing up what he had worked so hard to build. If only we all took this much pride in our work.
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