SACKED WORKER FACES JAIL OVER MALWARE REVENGE ATTACK

Fast food systems choke on system-crashing code

A sacked worker has admitted planting malware on his former employer’s computer network in a revenge attack.

David Ernest Everett Jr, 21, of Blaine, Minnesota, a former help desk staffer at Wand Corp, carried out the attack three weeks after losing his job in March 2008. Wand supplies IT systems including point-of-sale kit for fast food restaurants, including KFC and Burger King.

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