[privacy] 911 Dispatcher Misuses Database, Kills Ex-Girlfriend

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

This is a horrible, horrible abuse of privilege.

Via C|Net News.

[snip]

In October 2003, Michael Michalski worked for Allegheny County, Pa., as an emergency dispatcher. He began running 
searches on the internal computer network and databases to locate his former girlfriend, Gretchen Ferderbar, and her 
current boyfriend, Mark Phillips.

A supervisor, Daniel Nussbaum, became aware of Michalski's misuse of government databases and placed him on a deferred 
suspension that was to begin a week later, on Oct. 27.

Because he still had access to the databases before his suspension began, Michalski continued to gain unauthorized 
access to personal information about Phillips. Specifically, he looked up Phillips' motor vehicle and license plate 
registrations in an effort to track and locate Phillips.

Then, while on suspension, Michalski phoned his co-workers at the call center, who allegedly helped him continue the 
database lookups even though they were aware it was for an illicit purpose.

[snip]

More:
http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6074559.html

- ferg


--
"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/

_______________________________________________
privacy mailing list
privacy () whitestar linuxbox org
http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy