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To: penelopesire

He planted it on October 24th (after he was fired). It wasn’t discovered until October 29. But it wasn’t set to go off until January 31, 2009. If this was a disgruntled employee, why wait for it to go off so long after he was fired?


46 posted on 01/30/2009 8:54:01 AM PST by Girlene
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To: Girlene

Good question. Something doesn’t add up. Plus, they didn’t even arrest him until Jan.7, 2009.

Why wait so long?


49 posted on 01/30/2009 9:04:40 AM PST by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: Girlene; All

Another source with more info from the affidavit:

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Fired-Engineer-at-Fannie-Mae-Accused-of-Planting-Malware-Time-Bomb/

“Federal officials said Makwana was terminated because on or about Oct. 10 or Oct. 11 he created a computer script that changed the setting on the Unix servers without getting the nod of his supervisor. That script was not malicious.

“Despite Makwana’s termination, [his] computer access was not immediately terminated,” FBI agent Jessica A. Nye stated in the affidavit.

Nye goes on to explain that access to Fannie Mae’s computers for contractors’ employees was controlled by the company’s procurement department, which did not terminate Makwana’s computer access until late in the evening Oct. 24”

I’d like to know who his ‘supervisor’ was?


53 posted on 01/30/2009 9:17:04 AM PST by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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