IN MARCH 2001 Vitek Boden parked his car near a water treatment works at Pacific Paradise in Queensland, Australia. He switched on his laptop, typed a few commands and watched as 4.5 million litres of raw sewage spilt out into the waterways beside a nearby holiday resort. It turned the water black, poisoned marine life and created an overpowering stench.
Boden was an engineer formerly employed by the company that installed the computer system that controlled the water works. Bitter at missing out on a job at the local council, he exacted his revenge on the community by exploiting his…
