Legal Opinion
United States v. Michael Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 11, 2017No. 16-41264PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GREGG COSTA, Circuit Judge:
Michael Thomas worked as the Information Technology Operations Manager for ClickMotive, LP, a software and webpage hosting company. Upset that a coworker had been fired, Thomas embarked on a weekend campaign of electronic sabotage. He deleted over 600 files, disabled backup operations, eliminated employees from a group email a client used to contact the company, diverted executives’ emails to his personal account, and set a “time bomb” that would result in employees being unable to remotely access the company’s network after Thomas submitted his resignation. Once…
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