A Real Life 'Italian Job'?

Two City of Los Angeles senior traffic engineers are charged with breaking into traffic control computers and disabling traffic signals at busy Los Angeles intersections.

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January 8, 2007, 10:00 AM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"Gabriel Murillo, 37, and Kartik Patel, 34, allegedly rigged computers to disconnect signal lights at Sky Way at World Way at Los Angeles International Airport, Coldwater Canyon Avenue at Riverside Drive in Studio City, Glendale Boulevard at Berkeley Avenue in Echo Park, and 1st and Alameda streets in Little Tokyo."

"...Two high-ranking city transportation engineers were accused of sabotaging intersection signal lights during a labor union contract dispute four months ago.

"According to prosecutors, the pair changed computer codes to prevent transportation managers from reprogramming and reactivating the traffic lights for four days. No accidents were reported during the outage."

FULL STORY: 2 accused of sabotaging L.A. traffic lights

Saturday, January 6, 2007 in The Los Angeles Times

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