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Software "time bomber" goes to prison By Lisa M. Bowman Staff Writer, CNET News.com February 27, 2002, 1:20 PM PT The perpetrator of an unusual act of computer sabotage will begin serving a 41-month prison sentence May 1. Timothy Allen Lloyd, 39, was sentenced to prison Wednesday for concocting a computer "time bomb" that deleted programs on his former employer's computer network 20 days after he left high-tech measurement company Omega Engineering. Lloyd lost his job at Omega on July 10, 1996, after a 10-year stint with the company. On July 30, he activated a "time bomb" that destroyed Omega's manufacturing software programs. A jury in a Newark, N.J., federal court convicted Lloyd in May 2000 of one count of causing irreparable damage to Omega. Prosecutors said Lloyd's actions cost the company $10 million. The conviction was set aside in July after a juror said she may have been affected by publicity surrounding a high-profile virus that was released in May. However, an appeals court reinstated the conviction last October. Lloyd's attorney did not immediately return requests for comment. http://news.com.com/2100-1023-846784.html ============================================================ Crack of the Bat, Click of the Mouse. Taking someone out to the ball game is great, but when you can't make it to the park, Baseball Weekly is the next best thing to being there! Sign up here! http://click.topica.com/caaacQ2b1dhr0b2EDp2f/TopOffers ============================================================ --via http://techPolice.com archive: http://theMezz.com/cybercrime/archive subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --via http://theMezz.com ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?b1dhr0.b2EDp2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
