A fired IT manager at a Baltimore city agency has been brought to justice for enacting risqué revenge on his former employer.
Walter Powell was sentenced Tuesday (June 21) to a two-year suspended prison sentence for hacking into the computer of the chief executive of Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems Inc., an organization responsible for administering grants funds for substance abuse programs, the Baltimore Sun reported.
But Powell, 52, did more than just snoop around his former boss' computer after he was fired in 2009. He used his tech skills to make his presence felt at a particularly inopportune moment for his one-time employer.
During a presentation his former boss was giving to the agency's board of directors, Powell used keylogger software to hijack the computer and replace the PowerPoint slides with pornographic images.
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Powell was also sentenced to three years' probation and 100 hours of community service for the incident.