[Infowarrior] - Feds allege plot to destroy Fannie Mae data

[Richard Forno]

(Once again, the higher-probability risk of successful cyber- 
malfeasance is the insider, not some rogue nefarious cyberdude  
overseas..and interestingly, in this particular allegation, the method  
of attack -- a logic bomb -- is an OLD OLD method......--rf) 	 	 	
	
Feds allege plot to destroy Fannie Mae data 	
Jan 30 10:54 AM US/Eastern
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D961I79O0&show_article=1
							
		URBANA, Md. (AP) - The Justice Department says it foiled a plot by a  
fired Fannie Mae contract worker in Maryland to destroy all the data  
on the mortgage giant's 4,000 computer servers nationwide.

The U.S. Attorney's Office says 35-year-old Rajendrasinh Makwana, of  
Glen Allen, Va., is scheduled for arraignment Friday in U.S. District  
Court in Baltimore on one count of computer intrusion.

U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein says Makwana was fired Oct. 24.

Rosenstein says that on that day, Makwana programmed a computer with a  
malicious code that was set to spread throughout the Fannie Mae  
network and destroy all data this Saturday.

Makwana's federal public defender did not immediately return a call  
seeking comment.

Washington-based Fannie Mae is the largest U.S. mortgage finance  
company.

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