Computer technician arrested for allegedly creating a password that locked system administrators from San Francisco’s network handed over the code to Mayor Gavin Newsom. Newsom agreed to see Childs on his own and did not notify police or the district attorney’s office. Childs has been charged with four felony computer-tampering counts for allegedly locking out system administrators and supervisors from the city system that stores 60% of all government data. His lawyer said incompetent, meddling city officials had jeopardized the network that Childs had built.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/s-f-computer-tech-gives-up-password-to-city-network