His performance was rated a `7' on a scale of 1 to 10, which meant "often exceeds expectations." of Wichita, Inc., 969 F.2d 919, 922 (10th Cir. hacked into the computer systems of several companies and downloaded calling Nevertheless, Lloyd's jury still returned a fractured verdict (guilty on count 1, not guilty on count 2) and its deliberations lasted three days, proportionately analogous to the length of deliberations and structure of verdict in Gilsenan. On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey District Judge: Hon. External sites are not endorsed by CNN Interactive. App. over 41 months in prison, one of the longest sentences for a hacker in U.S. hastily laid phone lines, laptops, modems, and other gear to disseminate The group has been credited with revolutionizing modern The government's theory at trial was that Lloyd was an uncooperative, obstructionist, and belligerent employee who sabotaged Omega's computer network by "planting" a "time bomb" prior to his firing on July 10, 1996, set to detonate on July 31, 1996. United States v. Weiss, 752 F.2d 777, 783 (2d Cir. customers to make transfers to his accounts. Its product offering comprises temperature measurement, control and monitoring, test and inspection, data acquisition, pressure measurement, force and strain measurement, and level measurement, including temperature probes, controllers, balances and scales, data loggers . law defines as a computer that is used exclusively by the federal government or web site copyright 1995-2014 See Waldorf, 3 F.3d at 711. Altogether more than 1,200 Omega programs were lost and, according to government witnesses, not one of the individual computers had backups on their individual hard drives -- allegedly because of the "clean up" policy implemented by Lloyd in late June 1996. 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. In May 1995, because of Lloyd's continuing interpersonal problems, he was transferred from supervisor of Omega's CNC Department (the manufacturing side of Omega's plant, where machines actually created the thousands of products that comprised Omega's inventory) to a position as a manufacturing engineering support person. Hackett answered, "No," and the questioner continued on to other subjects. It further contends that only Lloyd had each of these necessary skills and the necessary access to commit this crime. Id. attacks, where one attacker can control tens or even hundreds of servers. App. Amazon.com, ZDNet.com, E*Trade, and Excite were taken down by DDoS attacks. Yahoo took Computer experts said the case was a chilling reminder of how vulnerable companies can be to tampering -- not just by outside hackers, but by people within the company itself. The defense also pointed out that the alleged "bad evaluation" actually rated Lloyd above expectations and that the "poor raise" was still a raise and nothing out of the ordinary. Thus, the defense argued to the jury that numerous other Omega employees had the requisite supervisory-level access to commit the act of sabotage. at 66. To date, most computer sabotage cases have been handled internally, and not legally, because of the potential embarrassment. One of the defense witnesses, Richard McKee, who had helped Lloyd install the network, testified that the network was installed so that "anyone who logged onto it had [supervisory] rights." Protection Center, In Fight Against ISIS, a Lose-Lose Scenario Poses Challenge for West. Mr. Lloyd started working for Omega in 1985, climbing up the ranks to become chief network program designer at the company's manufacturing plant in Bridgeport, about 22 miles southwest of Philadelphia. On July 10, Ferguson and DiFrancesco met with Lloyd and informed him of his termination. officials then contacted the FBI, who tracked Levin as he trespassed on See 3 F.3d at 713 (also finding relevant the fact that the "information was precisely the type specifically excluded by the district court during trial"). 606(b)). Br. Please keep in mind, that the City of Brea is closed on alternate Fridays as shown on this calendar. The appellate court said the "District Court abused its discretion in granting a new trial.". unleashed the aberrant code that instructed the system to delete the software at 921, even though several members of the jury had computer knowledge. S 1030(a) (5) (A) (criminalizing "knowingly caus [ing] the transmission of a program, information, code or command, and, as a result of such conduct, intentionally caus [ing] damage, without authorization, to a protected computer") and 18 U.S.C. The court repeatedly asked her to explain the actual effect this information had on her vote, but she provided conflicting answers. However, no one ever argued at trial that Lloyd committed the act of sabotage by remote access. Under the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act of 1986, Morris was When Levin pled guilty Agency (NSA) computer security expert, wrote 99 lines of code and released them R. Evid. approximately $1.85 million in business losses. As an opinion from the Sixth Circuit recently stated, " [i]f courts were to permit a lone juror to attack a verdict through an open-ended narrative concerning the thoughts, views, statements, feelings, and biases of herself and all other jurors sharing in that verdict, the integrity of the American jury system would suffer irreparably." The government argued to the jury that beginning in 1994 or 1995, Lloyd became a difficult employee. In 1996, for instance, companies spent $830 million on information security technology to guard against potential abuses, said Rick Maddox, vice president of sales for Network Information Technology in Saratoga, Calif., which produces internal security software. See Gilsenan, 949 F.2d at 95 (noting that the extraneous information could actually support the defense position, so it cannot possibly be prejudicial to the defense). App. On July 31, 1996, the malicious software code destroyed the programs that ran the company's manufacturing machines, costing Omega more than $10 million in losses and $2 million in reprogramming costs and eventually leading to 80 layoffs. Omega's systems well. at 423. Sign up for our free summaries and get the latest delivered directly to you. Although defense witnesses contradicted some of the government's assertions regarding those employees with supervisory-level access, Lloyd's likely termination, and his behavior at work, it was up to the jury to assess the credibility of witnesses and choose between the government's and the defendant's view of the evidence. Lloyd's supervisor, James Ferguson, testified for the government that, even though he told Lloyd this change in positions was only a "lateral move," in fact it constituted a "demotion," as it took supervisory capabilities away from Lloyd. He had worked there for 11 years, eventually assuming a position as a network administrator. Timothy Lloyd, 30, of Wilmington, Delaware, was charged in US District Court with intentionally damaging a computer system maintained by his former employer, Omega Engineering Inc. Lloyd is . 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." S 2, and (2) transportation of stolen goods, namely computer hardware and software equipment, in violation of 18 U.S.C. App. a juvenile detention center. A jury convicted Lloyd of computer sabotage in May 2000. Although this timing may suggest the likelihood of prejudice as in Waldorf, in fact, the jury had already deliberated for two days so it is reasonable to expect that the jurors were well-informed about the evidence set forth at trial and about the different theories of the case by the time they learned of the "Love Bug." Thanks for your replies, and have a great day. southernmost state in Mexico an autonomous region for the indigenous Mayan denies such claims and evidence to the contrary has never surfaced. ", some photos copyright 2001 photodisc ''The myth is that companies have to protect themselves against outside hackers, but this is not the reality,'' said Barbara J. Bashein, professor of information systems at California State University at San Marcos. He created the network that the prosecution said he later destroyed. Tim Lloyd, 39, of Wilmington, Del., must surrender to the U.S. federal court May 6. In early July 1996, Lloyd had a run-in with Walsh and a female colleague, Arona Mullenback. This court previously has found relevant the length of the jury's deliberations and the structure of its verdict. App. This case was tried vigorously and it was tried on the theory of somehow and sometime before he was terminated from his employment, this defendant sabotaged the computer system at his employment place. In a strange twist, one of the jurors came forward in August 2000 to say that she had second thoughts about her decision to convict. 1987). Cold storage is critical for transportation of pharmaceuticals, food & beverage, and other applications that require continuous monitoring. App. The government appeals. FRONTLINE reports from Iraq on the miscalculations and mistakes behind the brutal rise of ISIS. However, the conviction was short-lived. See, e.g., Mayhue v. St. Francis Hosp. And during argument, the trial judge repeatedly cautioned counsel that he was unconcerned with the subjective effect the information had on Simpson. App. According to police, mafiaboy boasted activists. In this case, that means we must inquire into what extent the "Love Bug" story was shared with the rest of the jury. In contrast, the jurors in this case dealt with only one defendant, two counts, and a two-week trial. 1984); United States v. Hillard, 701 F.2d 1052, 1064 (2d Cir. On July 31, 1996, a logic bomb was triggered on the server for Omega Engineering's manufacturing operations, Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968--originally passed to allow law Monday through Thursday. We independently review the record to determine if that party has met that burden. 1, called the District Court to express discomfort with her vote. See Sealed App. The defense contended that the change in positions in May 1995 was simply a lateral transfer, as testified to by Ferguson and Walsh, and the defense witness Richard Franklin. On July 30, 1996, the bomb went off after a co-worker switched on a computer terminal. The company's corporate headquarters is . The defense further suggested that Lloyd's problems at work primarily were due to his estranged relationship with Walsh, which had soured in early 1995. 1975). Simpson testified that on the last day of deliberations -- the first day following media reports of the "Love Bug" virus -- the jury did not discuss the "Love Bug" at all during the actual deliberations. In September 1999, the members of the group were convicted of theft, possession Levin. In a denial-of-service attack, the target system is rendered inoperable. 1991). at 62. The extraneous information at issue here -- a media report on a computer virus totally unrelated to the "time bomb" that occurred on Omega's network -- is of a less serious nature than even the information in Waldorf and the other cases where we declined to apply the presumption of prejudice. And the percentage is probably even higher than that because most insider attacks go undetected. See Gilsenan, 949 F.2d at 95. They snooped in confidential databases to see 1985). We will not essay so long a logical leap." Levin, they say, used The jury deliberated for 12 hours over three days, during which it asked questions to the trial court, asked for certain testimony to be read back, and asked for additional testimony to be delivered to the jury room. 1992); United States v. Perkins, 748 F.2d 1519, 1533 (11th Cir. Calvin Cantrell of Dallas was sentenced to 24 months. Nor may a juror's affidavit or evidence of any statement by the juror concerning a matter about which the juror would be precluded from testifying be received for these purposes. Olson testified that the "time bomb" had been tested on February 21, 1996, on April 21, 1996, and on May 30, 1996. In response, the defense argued to the jury that the government's case was based on a series of assumptions that could not be proven. The defense also contested the government's assertion that Lloyd knew he would be fired and thus had a motive to commit the act of sabotage. Omega Engineering Corp. ("Omega") is a New Jersey- based manufacturer of highly specialized and sophisticated industrial process measurement devices and control equipment for, inter alia, the U.S. Navy and NASA. overwhelmed by the traffic. You're all set! The Melissa virus spread like a cancerous chain letter, exploiting a hole in A computer programmer who was dismissed from his job at a New Jersey engineering company has been charged with planting a computer ''bomb'' that deleted software critical to the company's operations and caused the loss of more than $10 million in sales and contracts, according to court papers unsealed yesterday. 3 F.3d at 713. It argued that Omega employees were never prevented from making backup files and, in fact, they continued to back up files on their personal computers. What happened next was that Mr. Lloyd hid a ''bomb'' inside Omega's computer network, according to investigators with the United States Secret Service, which has had jurisdiction over such cases since 1986. Omega Engineering, Inc. 26904 Network Place Chicago, IL 60673-1269: Payments by Wire Transfer (203) 359-1660 (Mon-Fri. 8am to 5pm EST) Payments can also be made via the BillPay Plus Portal: W-9 Form: W-9 Download: ISO Certification: ISO-9001: Corporate Status: Large Business, incorporated in Delaware. During a brief appearance yesterday in Federal District Court in Newark, Mr. Lloyd pleaded innocent to two counts -- intentionally causing irreparable damage to Omega's computer system, and also to stealing about $50,000 worth of computer equipment and taking it across state lines to his home in Wilmington, Del. nearly unreachable by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. After three days of deliberation, the jury found Lloyd guilty of computer sabotage but acquit-ted him on a second charge of interstate transporta-tion of stolen goods. Once the virus penetrated a Contact M.R. Notably, there was only one question that was ever asked at trial that had anything to do with the theory of remote access. Charles Mangarella, another defense witness, even testified that he thought Lloyd's change in positions was a "promotion." position as a network administrator. On New Year's Eve in 1993, the day before the North American Free Trade 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. to the networks, he conceded that he did intend to gain access to the affected In order to submit an RFQ (Request for Quote) a 2-D drawing with dimensions and tolerances and a 3-D model are required. A(n) is any input (i.e., a piece of software, an argument string, or sequence of commands) that takes advantage of a bug, glitch or vulnerability in . According to news reports, the earliest evidence of Melissa was in a posting Mr. Lloyd started working for Omega in 1985, climbing up the ranks to become chief network program designer at the company's manufacturing plant in Bridgeport, about 22 miles southwest of. While Omega continued in its attempts to recover this lost data, Ferguson searched for backup tapes that had been made. Gore, which Ferguson claimed at trial was nothing but lies. In part, the critical timing of the exposure to the extraneous information persuaded the Waldorf court to find prejudice. obtain the information he needed to commit the fraudulent transactions. Experts said that email infected by Melissa Citibank was able to recover all but $400,000 of the $10 million that was pled guilty to 56 charges, including mischief and illegal use of a computer An international group, dubbed the "Phonemasters" by the FBI, hacked into the transfers in August 1994, one for $26,800 and another for $304,000. Note: Pages will open in a new browser window. App. Prosecutors alleged The court then questioned as to the subjective effect of this information, and she stated that she learned that it was possible for the person who set off the "Love Bug" virus to affect computers worldwide, and thought that it was possible for Lloyd to have triggered the "time bomb" in the Omega computer system without having direct physical access to the computer server at the time. We also review for abuse of discretion a district court's finding on whether the extraneous information prejudiced the defendant. them to the suspect's house. been estimated at nearly $400 million. on Yahoo and the other companies were distributed denial-of-service California, Oregon, New York, Florida, Canada, Switzerland, and Italy, the case On July 31, 1996, the malicious software code destroyed the programs that ran the company's . By logging in, the worker The charges were in connection with a 1996 crime that cost Omega Engineering Corp., a Stamford, Conn.-based high-tech . Exchange, the Pentagon, and the web site for Mexican President Ernest Zedillo In September 1995, Lloyd received Novell training, obtained Novell certification, and installed the Novell computer network onto Omega's computer system. It didn't delete information." database.". About 1,200 computer programs were deleted and purged, crippling Omega's manufacturing capabilities and resulting in a loss of millions of dollars in sales and contracts. Some See United States v. 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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. Ferguson went to Lloyd's house to look for tapes, but again did not find any. The District Court determined that the "Love Bug" story was not "general common knowledge," App. alert that two distributed denial-of-service tools had already been installed five years in prison. attack can be orchestrated from a remote location. Lloyd was convicted in May 2000 of planting a software time bomb in a centralized file server at Omega. Gore in the following way: " [w]as a mentor to folks, people looked up to him, explained and showed them how to get through things. He declined to identify the company. conviction against Tim Lloyd, 37, of Wilmington, Delaware. Because access to the network was a necessary component of the crime of computer sabotage, implicit within the jury's guilty verdict was a determination that Lloyd had that access. Unlike the information in Console, we are not faced with direct contact between a juror and a third-party. monitor the hackers' activities. App. He also testified that he examined the hard drive recovered from Lloyd's home and found the exact same strings of commands that comprised "FUSE.EXE." However, in the instant case, after the District Court deviated from Federal Rule of Evidence 606(b) by questioning Simpson about the actual effect the "Love Bug" story had on her vote, App. The government produced evidence that the third "test" came just days after Lloyd spoke to a representative of W.L. Suite 200 Brea, CA 92821 Main 714-996-8760 Fax 714-996-8755 Email sales@aosolutions.com Swanfeld testified that nobody ever told him that he couldn't save his files onto his individual computer. Tim Lloyd, 39, of Wilmington, Del., must surrender to the U.S. federal court May 6. at 953. You may call 714-990-7691 for appointments. in January 1998, he admitted using passwords and codes stolen from Citibank Omega Engineering is a company providing sensing and connectivity solutions in the process measurement and control industry. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Newark filed an appeal. TIL that after, Tim Lloyd, an 11-year employee of OMEGA got fired he unleashed a hacking "Time Bomb" within their systems. omega.com. Traditionally, appellate courts give considerable deference to a district court's examination of the prejudicial effect of extraneous information on a jury's verdict. Mayhue, 969 F.2d at 926 (stating that prejudice may be inferred where jury reaches verdict less than three hours after being exposed to extraneous information "despite having been plagued by `irreconcilable differences' the night before"). so, they served as propagators of the virus. See the article in its original context from. "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." We presume that juries follow such instructions. craigchamberlain.com. had committed the largest ever act of worker-related computer sabotage, causing 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." at 916, 918, 921. Id. So, r/sysadmin, what's your take? See id. According to the government, Lloyd alone was responsible for backing up the information on the system onto tapes and he was subject to no oversight in this capacity. AOL's servers had served as a conduit for the virus, which was contained in a 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. It is the party seeking the new trial, here Lloyd, who bears the burden of demonstrating the likelihood of prejudice. of Fame" and ''It did and continues to do significant damage,'' Mr. DiFrancesco said. Also relevant is the time at which the jury receives the extraneous information. [7] It has sales offices in the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, China, Brazil, Singapore, Korea, Japan, and Mexico. Citibank's system and made more illegal transfers. Mr. Lloyd was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison and was ordered to pay 2 million dollars in restitution. Id. Two former employees in the CNC Department, Wayne Tarr and Ed Swanfeld, testified that because they had backed up files onto floppy discs, their individual computers continued to operate after the network crash. After 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. We are talking about something that overloaded circuits in many of the companies, including the Pentagon. First, the defense tried to refute the government's evidence that Lloyd was a belligerent and uncooperative employee. 1996, the date that the bomb was set to detonate. 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." We are only concerned with the probable effect the extraneous information would have on the hypothetical average juror, and not with the actual subjective effect the information had on Simpson. As we noted in Gereau, "it is not necessary that jurors be totally ignorant about a case." It was not exactly clear why Mr. Lloyd was dismissed, but people close to the investigation said that Mr. Lloyd, who is married and has three children, had personal problems with his co-workers. Thus, Lloyd has not met his burden of proof. The court concluded that "the average juror, having heard about the `love bug' and using that information, that's the key, and using that information, would place his or her vote upon an actual pedestal that was not presented to her by the government." original message to alt.sex. . a list of sexually oriented web sites along with user ID and password See United States v. Console, 13 F.3d 641, 666 (3d Cir. at 500. 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