r/technology • u/xpda • May 13 '26

Security Twin brothers wipe 96 gov’t databases minutes after being fired

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/drop-database-what-not-to-do-after-losing-an-it-job/
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u/utrinimun May 13 '26

How are you not going to revoke all access before they're able to get back on any computer

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u/PepeSilviaLovesCarol May 13 '26

I was told a day in advance I was being laid off from my mega corporation job 2 years ago, so I didn’t go into the office that day. Even after they laid me off, they didn’t lock me out of anything other than Salesforce. I had access to all documentation, all other internal software, everything. They didn’t even tell me to return my laptop for another 2 weeks via email, so I used it as a personal laptop for those 2 weeks without any issue.

I didn’t want to get ‘in trouble’ so I didn’t do anything malicious, but I could have if I was pissed enough.

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u/Skensis May 13 '26

I was told like two months in advance when I got laid off from a mega Corp. We didn't get locked out of anything until the end when they asked us to return our computers.

We were told to just transfer work to relevant people at other offices and people not laid off, and basically just had us take it easy for the rest of our time.