Fired techie created virtual chaos at pharma company

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219260/Fired_techie_created_virtual_chaos_at_pharma_company

By Robert McMillan
IDG News Service
August 16, 2011

Logging in from a Smyrna, Georgia, McDonald's restaurant, a former 
employee of a U.S. pharmaceutical company was able to wipe out most of 
the company's computer infrastructure earlier this year.

Jason Cornish, 37, formerly an IT staffer at the U.S. subsidiary of 
Japanese drug-maker Shionogi, pleaded guilty Tuesday to computer 
intrusion charges in connection with the attack on Feb. 3, 2011. He 
wiped out 15 VMware host systems that were running e-mail, order 
tracking, financial and other services for the Florham Park, New Jersey, 
company.

"The Feb. 3 attack effectively froze Shionogi's operations for a number 
of days, leaving company employees unable to ship product, to cut 
checks, or even to communicate via e-mail," the U.S. Department of 
Justice said in court filings. Total cost to Shionogi: US$800,000.

Cornish had resigned from the company in July 2010 after getting into a 
dispute with management, but he had been kept on as a consultant for two 
more months.

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