https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/bs-md-ci-employee-hacking-security-20190117-story.html
By IAN DUNCAN
THE BALTIMORE SUN
JAN 17, 2019
Mayor Catherine Pugh ordered a security review after a technology staffer at
Baltimore's water agency gave himself special access to the computer of the
Department of Public Works director and was found with hacking tools on his own
city computer, according to the city inspector general and documents obtained
by The Baltimore Sun.
On Thursday, Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming issued a summary of the
investigation into the employee, who no longer works for the city.
"It was concerning. Very, very concerning," Cumming said in an interview. "Once
it was discovered, action was taken immediately."
The employee is not named in the summary, but former city IT specialist Tirell
Clifton confirmed to the Sun that he was the subject of the investigation. The
city fired him in May.
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