A former employee of the Northern Territory Government has admitted to deleting over 10,000 public servant records. The hacker, a computer engineer, used his flatmate’s computer and a former workmate’s access details to hack into the system. His cyber-sabotage crashed multiple government servers, including those of the Health Department, Royal Darwin Hospital, Berrimah Prison and the Supreme Court resulting in $1m in damage. He was previously cleared as part of his job to upgrade and maintain the NT Government’s computer system. He claims he committed the crime because of a perceived slight from his former employer.
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Source: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,24952994-17001,00.html
In an earlier report, the same hacker admitted to taking down other NT Government computers.
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