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15 Feb 2003 PROVO, Utah (AP) - A Pleasant Grove man has been charged with bringing down his former employer's entire computer system in what a prosecutor called a ''crime of the future.'' Jonathan Shaw, 33, was charged with computer crime, a second-degree felony, on Thursday in 4th District Court. Shaw also was charged with disorderly conduct, an infraction. Conviction carries a prison term of up to 15 years and up to $10,000 in fines. ''This is kind of a new area for us,'' Taylor said Thursday after filing charges. ''I think we're going to see more and more of this.'' Shaw, who was Internet systems administrator for Creative Internet Concepts in American Fork, is accused of breaking into the company server from a remote location on his laptop computer and setting up ''Trojan horse'' viruses to wipe out the system, according to police records. He also allegedly changed all the passwords on the system so that no one could get into the system once he had implanted the viruses. The total systems crash lasted six days, said Alma Tuck, Creative Internet Concepts president, and affected at least 500 independent businesses that are hosted on the company's computer system. As of Friday, the system, which provides server space for company Web sites and home-based businesses, was at 95 percent. The total monetary damage in loss of revenue and equipment because of Shaw's alleged assault on the system is estimated at $230,000 to $270,000. ''We're in complete rebuild mode,'' Tuck said. ''We couldn't use the existing server and ... had to buy all brand-new equipment.'' The information on the server was backed up, and many of the company's clients, including many home-based businesses, have stayed with them through the crisis, Tuck said. Shaw was fired Jan. 28 for allowing outside people to log on to the company server and watch movies and TV shows without authorization, Tuck said. Shaw also had repeatedly threatened the company if he wasn't paid more, Tuck said. According to police records, Shaw showed up at work to pick up his final check Feb. 3 only to find the wire transfer had not gone through and there were no funds available. While at work he started punching walls and threatening his employers that ''he would take their company down,'' according to reports. The next morning, around 5 a.m., the entire system crashed. Shaw is currently free on bail pending a waiver hearing March 6 at 10 a.m. before Judge Fred Howard. - ISN is currently hosted by Attrition.org To unsubscribe email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe isn' in the BODY of the mail.
