A federal judge has sentenced a former systems administrator for Medco Health Solutions to 30 months in prison Tuesday for planting a “logic bomb” in Medco’s computer systems that was designed to wipe out critical data on more than 70 servers, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced. A programming error prevented the bomb from detonating, but Yung-Hsun Lin, 51, of Montville, N.J., was also ordered by U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares to pay $81,200 in restitution to Medco. Lin is free on bail until Feb. 25, when he must surrender to the federal Bureau of Prisons.
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Logic Bomb Dud Sends Medco Sysadmin to Jail
Posted by: Katherine Noyes January 9, 2008 11:53 AMA federal judge has sentenced a former systems administrator for Medco Health Solutions to 30 months in prison Tuesday for planting a “logic bomb” in Medco’s computer systems that was designed to wipe out critical data on more than 70 servers, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced. A programming error prevented the bomb from detonating, but Yung-Hsun Lin, 51, of Montville, N.J., was also ordered by U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares to pay $81,200 in restitution to Medco. Lin is free on bail until Feb. 25, when he must surrender to the federal Bureau of Prisons.