Comment Re:This seems hard to swallow (Score 1) 498
Would you have given over the root passwords for your network and servers in those circumstances?
Yes. I would. I wouldn't like it; but it's not my right to withhold them from the rightful owners. being insulted or mistreated does not make it right to do what Terry did. You can argue that the City was stupid, or even malicious; but they didn't do anything illegal.
It's their network. Not Terry's.
This case will cause grief for sysadmins for a long time to come because it completely validates the perspective of auditors who consider us to be the biggest risk to a company's data systems.
The short-sightedness around here is actually quite surprising to me.