Employee Puts 'Logic Bomb' in Drug Giant's Database

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

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Via USA Today (AP).

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A technology administrator angry about possibly losing his job planted an
electronic "bomb" in the computer system of one of the nation's largest
prescription drug management companies that would have wiped out critical
patient information had it gone off, authorities said Tuesday.

Even after surviving a round of layoffs, Yung-Hsun Lin, 50, of Montvale,
kept the so-called "logic bomb" in the system and tinkered with it in an
attempt to have it detonate, prosecutors said. The bug eventually was
discovered and neutralized by the company.

U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie said the bomb could have caused
widespread financial damage to the company, and possibly harmed a large
number of patients.

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More:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2006-12-19-computer-bomb
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- - ferg

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