Since the virus acted so quickly, many email systems were to issue a counteroffensive. 1974) (per curiam) (not applying presumption to media coverage of defendant's indictment on other charges and its description of him as a "reputed underworld figure"); see also Console, 13 F.3d at 666 n.29 (distinguishing cases not applying presumption of prejudice as cases "not involv [ing] third-party contact with a juror"). Omega's systems well. 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Friday (alternating weeks) 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. To maximize customer convenience, it is highly recommended that an appointment time be scheduled. 1993) (stating that application of the presumption is most appropriate when there is direct communication between a juror and a third-party during deliberations); see also United States v. Boylan, 898 F.2d 230, 261 (1st Cir. See Bertoli, 40 F.3d at 1393; Mayhue, 969 F.2d at 922. In a strange twist, one of the jurors came forward Computers were David L. Smith, 30 years old at the time, said he named the virus after an According to police, mafiaboy boasted combinations, downloaded the file and ran the program it contained. Lloyd's lawyer, Ed Crisonino, said he will appeal the sentence, which also carries with it a three-year probationary period. The testimony showed that from 1985 to July 10, 1996, Lloyd worked at Omega as its only computer system administrator. Retrieved 13 September 2014. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. You're all set! exotic dancer he met in Florida. The Melissa virus, however, was rapacious; damages have Sealed App. The defense further sought to refute the government's emphasis on the amount of Omega property recovered from Lloyd's home by pointing out that Lloyd often brought work home with him while employed at Omega, and that his supervisors knew this. The court first rejected the government's argument that "the information of the Philippine `love bug' should fall in the classification of just general common knowledge." . App. Ultimately resulting in deleting the software that ran their manufacturing systems, costing $2 million in repairs, $10 million in revenue and 80 employees beeing laid off. Citibank Some The story was of "a virus that was believed to have been started in the Philippines, sent by e-mail all over the world which would cause an overload of various computer systems causing them damage, causing them to crash." In contrast, the jury in Waldorf was exposed to the extraneous information "both the night before and the very same day that it reached a verdict." In December 1999, Smith pleaded guilty to federal and Witnesses testified that he repeatedly elbowed, shoved, and bumped colleagues in the hallways, and that he became verbally abusive. Lloyd then interviewed with W.L. had committed the largest ever act of worker-related computer sabotage, causing The Omega Engineering Logic Bomb An example of a logic bomb that was actually triggered and caused damage is one that programmer Tim Lloyd was convicted of using on his former employer, Omega Engineering Corporation. According to published reports, Citibank's security system flagged two authenticated their accounts by punching in their account numbers and PINs, Wired.com's recent "The Greatest Hacks of All Time. unleashed the aberrant code that instructed the system to delete the software In February 2000, some of the internet's most reliable sites were rendered How to test a thermocouple with a meter (grounded & ungrounded). 'o|M x8pUa1`%dR0"{5\qT8'F C,K[\"3MtA0!Lz|Ky=vB_)'Y.DmO`NOF,+XEi@ ly> U'IHzZ:i{|n6@xQzIMXiEx1s-3Fw{SV=/&7o|FcSP7n&5kE.|_HJ[J}O}zQJ(UMXw*zUVxh=Qre{m;R58}-n` {b). That figure is expected to double this year. Theater (EDT). at 906-907. at 922. The Secret Service said that Lloyd ''My client denies both charges against him and maintains his innocence.''. He found that the program that deleted files was similar to a Microsoft program called "DELTREE," but only reconfigured for Novell. See Sealed App. at 922. at 67. Gore testified that, in the interviews, Lloyd acknowledged that he was willing to accept a salary of $45,000, less than the $57,000 he was receiving from Omega. A jury convicted Timothy Lloyd on one count of computer sabotage, a violation of federal law. The juror told the judge she was unsure whether a piece of information she heard on the TV news regarding the Love Bug had been factored into her verdict, according to O'Malley. Id. Lloyd, who had worked at Omega for 11 years and became "a trusted member of the family" there, had actually built the computer network that he would later destroy. We need to deter others in this increasingly computerized world and economy. However, in October 2001, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia reinstated the guilty verdict. In Gilsenan, we noted that "the jury deliberated for a week and delivered a fractured1 verdict showing that it carefully delineated among the offenses and between the appellants." Government witnesses also testified that Lloyd had instituted a policy at Omega in late June 1996 to "clean up" all individual computers in Omega's CNC Department. Through the tap, the FBI was able to capture After one of the jurors advised the court that she had learned from the media during the course of deliberations about off-site computer sabotage, the District Court granted Lloyd's motion for a new trial. William H. Walls (D.C. No. 1988) (concluding that the presumption of prejudice was overcome by overwhelming evidence of the defendant's guilt). To date, prosecutors say, the damage has cost the company $2.4 million; that amount is expected to swell to more than $10 million when all the sales and contracts are accounted for. at 552. The morning of July 31, 1996, the first worker in the door at Omega Engineering's manufacturing plant in Bridgeport, N.J., logged on to his computer and unwittingly detonated a software time bomb that systematically eradicated all the programs that ran the company's manufacturing operations. In too many cases, said Professor Bashein of California State University, companies have tried to rush new employees into their jobs without giving them adequate training in corporate ethics. Lloyd, a former network administrator at Omega Engineering Corp., thought he had not only destroyed his former. Tim Lloyd, 39, of Wilmington, Del., must surrender to the U.S. federal court May 6. The activists' browsers were flooded with graphics "It had a catastrophic effect on the company. at 921-922. card numbers and personal information about customers and created telephone Anyone can read what you share. political interaction through its use of the internet. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. 1991) (stating that " [i]n determining whether [the juror's] misconduct warrants a new trial, our inquiry is limited to the admissible portions of the declarations"). Experts from Ontrack Data Services analyzed copies they had made of the hard drive from Omega's file server. Several defense witnesses also testified that the computer network had virtually no security at all. Nine former Omega employees testified that they never had any problems with Lloyd and that Lloyd was always very professional. at 66. Some weeks after he had been terminated, he never having been allowed to return to that employment, the system crashed. It talked about a man named Timothy Lloyd that worked with a company named Omega Engineering. "The purpose of this rule is to promote finality of verdicts, encourage free deliberations among jurors, and maintain the integrity of the jury as a judicial decision- making body." App. enforcement to intercept wire and oral communications--was interpreted to In order to submit an RFQ (Request for Quote) a 2-D drawing with dimensions and tolerances and a 3-D model are required. Simpson told the trial judge that over the weekend in the midst of deliberations she saw a television report discussing a computer virus called the "Love Bug." You can explore additional available newsletters here. App. Question: I. In examining for prejudice, we must conduct "an objective analysis by considering the probable effect of the allegedly prejudicial information on a hypothetical average juror." When Levin pled guilty App. ^ a b c Gaudin, Sharon. Id. Where the improper publicity is of a less serious nature however, no similar presumption applies." See id. On April 18, 2000, a juvenile in Canada, known online as "mafiaboy," was . attacks aim to crash the system while other denial-of-service attacks make the Olson ruled out the possibility of accidental deletion because of the specificity of the commands. The Citibank case marks the hacker community's first foray into big-money View Christian Lloyd's profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Olson as well testified on cross-examination that he came across two accounts that had supervisory access to the Omega network. For more accounts of notorious hacks, see the Discovery Channel's "Hackers Hall According to published reports, Lloyd was fired in 1996 because he was unable to get along with his co-workers. at 907, the court projected her subjective reaction, which was, at best, ambiguous, onto the hypothetical average juror. So, r/sysadmin, what's your take? was finally laid to rest. Most significant is the fact that the story of the "Love Bug" virus, as explained earlier, is entirely unrelated to the facts and the theories of this case. 606(b)). The FBI was first tipped off to the Phonemasters' actions in 1994. First, the defense tried to refute the government's evidence that Lloyd was a belligerent and uncooperative employee. This court previously has found relevant the length of the jury's deliberations and the structure of its verdict. 1999). In his book Tangled Web, author Richard Power writes, "The In what was supposed to be a show of solidarity with the The defense's theory was that the massive deletion of files could have resulted from an accident or could have been caused by another employee, either intentionally or unintentionally. at 423. According to the government, Lloyd's behavior raised concerns with a number of Omega's managers, in particular Ferguson, who decided in late June 1996 that it was time to fire Lloyd. Timothy Allen Lloyd, (DOB 1967-10-16), of Wilmington, a former computer network programmer for Omega Engineering Corp. ("Omega"), a Bridgeport, Gloucester County, New Jersey corporation with offices in Stamford, Connecticut, and branches around the world, was arraigned before U.S. District Judge William H. Walls. App. Rule 606(b) seeks to accommodate these competing considerations by providing: Upon an inquiry into the validity of a verdict or indictment, a juror may not testify as to any matter or statement occurring during the course of the jury's deliberations or to the effect of anything upon that or any other juror's mind or emotions as influencing the juror to assent to or dissent from the verdict or indictment or concerning the juror's mental processes in connection therewith, except that a juror may testify on the question whether extraneous prejudicial information was improperly brought to the jury's attention or whether any outside influence was improperly brought to bear upon any juror. App. security experts dispute that claim, however. The government must send a message to systems managers and people in trust that there will be a day of reckoning.". alert that two distributed denial-of-service tools had already been installed '', Mr. Kaigh said he was confident that Mr. Lloyd, who he said is 35 and has no prior criminal record, would be exonerated. Please keep in mind, that the City of Brea is closed on alternate Fridays as shown on this calendar. He was crashing or becoming unresponsive to commands. We concluded that such deliberate care suggested that the extraneous information did not prejudice the jury. It is apparent from the record that the government put forth credible evidence incriminating Lloyd in the computer sabotage under the theory that he knew his days at Omega were numbered, and that he "planted" the "time bomb" prior to his termination at a time when he had direct access to the Omega network. 1987). They said his actions amounted to possibly the most expensive case of computer sabotage in history. Olson testified that the "time bomb" had been tested on February 21, 1996, on April 21, 1996, and on May 30, 1996. On July 31, 1996, Ferguson learned that the file server on Omega's computer system would not boot up. conviction against Tim Lloyd, 37, of Wilmington, Delaware. See 170 F.3d at 394. Industry observers had hailed the conviction as a precedent-setting victory, proving that the government is capable of tracking down and prosecuting computer crime. After the hearing, Lloyd moved for a new trial and the District Court granted the motion. at 605. The Omega Engineering Logic Bomb An example of a logic bomb that was actually triggered and caused damage is one that programmer Tim Lloyd was convicted of using on his former employer, Omega Engineering Corporation. 1991); Fed. All The District Court determined that the "Love Bug" story was not "general common knowledge," App. R. Evid. The government argued at trial that the demotion, along with the substandard performance review and raise, indicated to Lloyd that he would soon be fired, thus providing him with the motive to sabotage Omega's computer system. 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Levin. Such questioning clearly is impermissible under Rule 606(b), and when the District Court issued its order granting Lloyd's motion for a new trial it acknowledged that it "probably should not have asked [the juror] that question specifically." 1994). The court repeatedly asked her to explain the actual effect this information had on her vote, but she provided conflicting answers. One factor often considered by courts is the extent of the jury's exposure to the extraneous information. In February 1996, Lloyd received a performance review and raise. On January 18, 2001, the 16-year-old computer hacker Robert Hackett, Ontrack's Remote Data Recovery Operations Supervisor, testified at trial that "issu [ing a] `delete' would be similar to someone just taking a piece of paper and putting it into the trash bin, [but] issuing a `purge,' that is going to take what's in the trash bin, shred it into very small pieces, and throw [ ] them all up in the air." transmitted to support agencies and other sympathisers in the region. "They Unlike the information in Console, we are not faced with direct contact between a juror and a third-party. Likewise, we shall not apply the presumption of prejudice to this case. position as a network administrator. Tampering with the system: In 1996, newly-fired Omega Engineering Corp. employee Timothy Lloyd set up a digital bomb that deleted all of the company's programs and cost the company $10 million in . Melissa virus, the internet was relatively free from swift-moving, highly Protection Center (NIPC) issued a similar warning and offered free software Lloyd knew Omega's systems well. at 585. Lloyd knew Omega's systems well. Swanfeld testified that nobody ever told him that he couldn't save his files onto his individual computer. Significantly, evidence that went unchallenged included: the string of commands found on the hard drive in Lloyd's home that was identical to that used in the program that purged the Omega network of all its files; the testimony that the "time bomb" had been tested three times previously and that on each occasion Lloyd had stayed late at the office; Lloyd's willingness to accept up to $12,000 less in a job with W.L. The government contends on appeal that the District Court abused its discretion in granting the defendant's motion for a new trial based on Simpson's testimony about her subjective reaction to extraneous information and that the court's inquiry into her subjective reaction violated Rule 606(b) of the Federal Rules of Evidence. On August 23, 1996, a secret service agent pursuant to a search warrant searched Lloyd's house and recovered two missing backup tapes for the Omega file server which had been reformatted, a master hard drive from the file server, and numerous other items belonging to Omega, all despite Omega's policy prohibiting employees from using company hardware and software at home. In doing WGBH educational foundation, National Infrastructure The FBI estimates that the gang accounted for After According to Grady O'Malley of the U.S. Attorney's Office, the juror had seen a news story about the "Love Letter" worm and its attendant havoc and couldn't decide whether the story had had an effect on her decision to convict Lloyd. United States v. Gonzalez, 227 F.3d 520, 527 (6th Cir. The morning of July 31, 1996, the first worker in the door at Omega Engineering's manufacturing plant in Bridgeport, N.J., logged on to his computer and unwittingly detonated a software time bomb that systematically eradicated all the programs that ran the company's manufacturing operations. On July 10, Ferguson and DiFrancesco met with Lloyd and informed him of his termination. When Levin was extradited to the U.S. in 1997, he was described in the into the internet as an experiment. 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