DOJ: Defense contractor 'sabotaged' Army Reserve computers

Justice Department officials indicted a former defense contractor on Wednesday for “sabotag[ing]” a military computer system that holds personal information about members of the Army Reserve.

Mittesh Das, an Atlanta-based contractor, faces ten years’ imprisonment if convicted. “As charged, Mr. Das allegedly exploited his position as a cleared defense contractor to sabotage the U.S. Army Reserve’s personnel system and disrupt pay to our nation’s soldiers,” said Director Daniel Andrews of the U.S. Army’s Computer Crime Investigative Unit.