The computer network hostage crisis in San Francisco is over, thanks to the city's mayor.
Terry Childs, a network administrator for the city of San Francisco, has been in custody since July 13 on four felony charges of taking control of the city's computer network and locking administrators out. The move blocked access to much of the city's information, including law enforcement, payroll and jail booking records.
an Francisco Chronicle Web site Monday night. A secret meeting was arranged at the city jail Monday afternoon, where Childs gave Newsom the codes to the network. The meeting reportedly was so secret that the police department and district attorney were not informed of the meeting ahead of time.

A disgruntled computer engineer has been jailed after locking out everyone but himself from a city computer system.
The incident is one of the highest profile cases of what IT security experts call 'insider threat'. E-Brief News reports that Terry Childs stands accused of tampering with San Francisco's new computer network to give himself exclusive access. He pleaded not guilty to four counts of computer tampering and remains behind bars on $5m bail. Childs allegedly created a single password and denied any other administrator access to the system. The Department of Technology employee allegedly created a secret password to the city government's data network. The multimillion-dollar

SAN FRANCISCO - The City of San Francisco's computer network ran normally again Tuesday night after a jailed computer technician gave Mayor Gavin Newsom passwords and access codes during a secret jailhouse visit.
The mayor's office says the attorney representing 43-year old computer engineer Terry Childs invited Newsom to visit Childs at the Hall of Justice Monday night, where Childs revealed the codes.
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