Two LA City Engineers Charged With Hacking Into Computers That Control Traffic Signals
Two Los Angeles city engineers have been charged with hacking into a computer system and sabotaging the traffic signals at four critical intersections. Prosecutors say Gabriel Murillo and Kartik Patel work as engineers with the city's Automated Traffic Surveillance Center.Link.
On August 21st, they allegedly sent commands that disconnected the traffic signals, then sabotaged the system to prevent other managers from fixing the problem. That caused traffic jams for motorists until the situation could be resolved. District Attorney Steve Cooley says this happened just hours before a job action against the city by the Engineers and Architect's Association. It took four days to correct the problem.
posted by Fergie @ 1/05/2007 06:56:00 PM
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