Zguy28 Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/college/hurricanes/sfl-flsprickkorch27sbmar27,0,1790565.story Police: UM sports information director had child porn on computer By Shandel Richardson |South Florida Sun-Sentinel March 27, 2008 CORAL GABLES - A spokesman for the University of Miami football team has been fired and is under investigation for alleged possession of child pornography. Rick Korch was football sports information director at UM since 2004, before child pornography allegedly was found on his university-issued computer in recent weeks, according a Coral Gables police search warrant. Korch had taken a leave of absence for unspecified reasons since late February and didn't work any of UM's spring football practices. No charges have been filed and the investigation is ongoing, according to the Coral Gables Police Department. Korch's attorney, William Barzee, released a statement confirming his client was terminated "due to inappropriate pornography on his work computer.""However, he is innocent of any criminal wrongdoing and looks forward to having the opportunity to clear his name in the appropriate forum at the appropriate time," Barzee said. Korch, 52, of Miramar, is married with four children. His primary job was scheduling and monitoring media interviews with football players and coaches. According to the search warrant, Korch left his computer with university technicians for maintenance. While technicians made the repairs, sexually explicit files were discovered, according to the search warrant, including "scantily clad females who appeared to be between the ages of 10 and 15 years old." University officials declined comment, and players and coaches weren't permitted to discuss the matter with reporters after Wednesday's practice. Miami Hurricanes SID Seems To Be A Bit Of A Monster http://deadspin.com/372874/miami-hurricanes-sid-seems-to-be-a-bit-of-a-monster Today's entirely creepy and queasy story comes to us from ... well, from The U, which probably isn't entirely surprising. But this isn't a fun tale of coked up strippers or the Seventh Floor Crew. This one involves child porn and the school's child porn. Football Sports Information Director Rick Korch was fired — but not yet charged — after a routine sweep of his work computer brought up several instances of child pornography. And he was the one who asked for the sweep. Korch made a request of university technicians that his computer be checked because it was running slowly. Korch provided his user name and password to university technician Alberto Perez, who discovered files in the computer of sexually explicit material, according to the search warrant. Included in the files was a video of a man having sex with a "prepubescent female" and images revealing "scantily clad females who appeared to be between the ages of 10 and 15 years old in sexual type poses." Under a folder titled "Season Recaps," university technicians found other images of children engaged in sexual conduct. According to police, one child was estimated to be between 6 and 8 years old. Blech. At least now they know why his computer was running slowly. Yipes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnFoRcEr_uPu Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Well, 2 things here. I'm a technician, and he had no reason to be in that folder if he was just trying to see why it was running slow, lol. But that is WAY besides the point. I have 2 children ages 1 and 4 1/2...and I just can't BEGIN to believe why someone would want to look at things like this, let alone save them for future viewing! It makes me sick to think of how some people in this world can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted March 27, 2008 Author Share Posted March 27, 2008 Well, 2 things here. I'm a technician, and he had no reason to be in that folder if he was just trying to see why it was running slow, lol. But that is WAY besides the point. Sure they did. They own the computer. Especially if they have a reasonable use policy, he has zero expectation of privacy. We put a warning banner on all the computers on my LAN at work.I have 2 children ages 1 and 4 1/2...and I just can't BEGIN to believe why someone would want to look at things like this, let alone save them for future viewing! It makes me sick to think of how some people in this world can be.That was my immediate thought as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rincewind Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 I've never understood why in the hell people would look at this stuff and then save it to their work computer. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted March 27, 2008 Author Share Posted March 27, 2008 I've never understood why in the hell people would look at this stuff and then save it to their work computer. :doh:That's what I think everytime I watch Dateline.Lack of self control I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Whew. I'm relieved to read this story. I thought UM meant the University of Michigan. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rincewind Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Whew. I'm relieved to read this story. I thought UM meant the University of Michigan. :laugh: You are not alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECU-ALUM Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Take this yutz out and beat him to within an inch of his life...as the father of a 4 year old if this ever happened to my son...I would go bat-sh** crazy. There are two things in this world I can't justify Spousal &/or Child Abuse...& Child Pornography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 "confirming his client was terminated "due to inappropriate pornography on his work computer" ... suggesting that there is a class of pornography that it is appropriate to have on his work computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 "confirming his client was terminated "due to inappropriate pornography on his work computer"... suggesting that there is a class of pornography that it is appropriate to have on his work computer. Daily Babe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I've never understood why in the hell people would look at this stuff and then save it to their work computer. :doh: There are a lot of dumb, horny, people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enter Apotheosis Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Sure they did. They own the computer. Especially if they have a reasonable use policy, he has zero expectation of privacy. We put a warning banner on all the computers on my LAN at work. Its regarded as somewhat unethical to go rooting through people's files on a computer unless you have a reason to suspect they are doing something illegal or against company policy, though. As an employee you should never expect information stored on company property to be private... but your network administrators still shouldn't be browsing through all of your stuff on a whim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share Posted March 28, 2008 Its regarded as somewhat unethical to go rooting through people's files on a computer unless you have a reason to suspect they are doing something illegal or against company policy, though. As an employee you should never expect information stored on company property to be private... but your network administrators still shouldn't be browsing through all of your stuff on a whim.That's why you have policy banners at login. Here's the policy of the company I work for: Use of this or any other [Company Name] interest computer system constitutes consent to monitoring at all times.This is a [Company Name] interest computer system. All [Company Name] interest computer systems and related equipment are intended for the communication, transmission, processing and storage of official [Company Name] or other authorized information only. All [Company Name] interest computer systems are subject to monitoring at all times to ensure proper functioning of equipment and systems including security devices, to prevent unauthorized use and violations of statutes and security regulations, to deter criminal actions, and for other similar purposes. Any user of a [Company Name] interest computer system should be aware that any information placed in the system is subject to monitoring and is not subject to any expectation of privacy. If monitoring of this or any other [Company Name] interest computer system reveals possible evidence or violation of criminal statutes, this evidence and any other related information, including identification about the user may be provided to law enforcement officials. If monitoring of this or any other [Company Name] interest computer system reveals violations of security regulations or unauthorized use, employees who violate security regulations or make unauthorized use of [Company Name] interest computer systems are subject to appropriate disciplinary action." Ethically, as the Network Admin (which I am), I can look through anything on my company's 3000 computers, but I do believe courtesy should be shown. I have personally discovered porn on user's PC's before when I worked at the helpdesk at my company. It wasn't from just random snooping though. I was manually backing up directories before repairing Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiebear Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 My first thought was: Why would a technician need his username and password? We login as the system administrators and if a folder is "Access Denied" then right click properties - security advanced "Take ownership" and your good. Odds are the scanning of the computer with adware/spybot/antivirus pointed to a folder there... We run scans on everyones computer: If we find a user removed us from the machine: we ask them to put us back in (normally in real time) if they do not we remove them from the network until they agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share Posted March 28, 2008 My first thought was:Why would a technician need his username and password? We login as the system administrators and if a folder is "Access Denied" then right click properties - security advanced "Take ownership" and your good. Odds are the scanning of the computer with adware/spybot/antivirus pointed to a folder there... We run scans on everyones computer: If we find a user removed us from the machine: we ask them to put us back in (normally in real time) if they do not we remove them from the network until they agree. We use Group Policy to remove everybody except Net Admins and Helpdesk from the local Admin group. 99% of our 3000 users are Powerusers or Users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovetoaster Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I think I applied for that job in 2004. I bet they regret not hiring me now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enter Apotheosis Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Ethically, as the Network Admin (which I am), I can look through anything on my company's 3000 computers, but I do believe courtesy should be shown. Company policy specifies that you can do that but that doesn't automatically make it ethical. What you seem to be saying is that anything in business that is legal is automatically ethical... but that clearly isn't the case. Unless you suspect the employee of illegal activity, trace a problem back to certain files which leads to such a discovery, or are performing a declared audit of the system you really have no business going through an employee's files. I don't really know the circumstances surrounding this case, I'm just making a point about ethics. I'm also a network administrator, so there have been several occasions where I've had to take this into consideration. I have personally discovered porn on user's PC's before when I worked at the helpdesk at my company. It wasn't from just random snooping though. I was manually backing up directories before repairing Windows. That really doesn't surprise me, every office has at least one person with porn stored on company equipment. People are idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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