18 March 2009

These platforms are quite visible from where I live.

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/03/feds-hacker-dis.html

Feds: Hacker Disabled Offshore Oil Platform Leak-Detection System

A Los Angeles federal grand jury indicted a disgruntled tech employee Tuesday on allegations of temporarily disabling a computer system detecting pipeline leaks for three oil derricks off the Southern California coast.

Mario Azar, 28, faces a maximum 10-year term after being accused of purposely impairing a computer system that monitored for leaks on three Pacific Energy Resources platforms offshore of Huntington Beach.