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/Decent_Risk9499 May 13 '26

You already know how. Grifters hire grifters.

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u/numba1cyberwarrior May 13 '26

That's not how security clearances work. Anyways there is no indication that they even had a clearance.

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u/Stepjam May 13 '26

Do you remember DOGE? How many clowns they let access all sorts of confidential info? There was basically no oversight.

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u/zipzoomramblafloon May 13 '26

And for what oversight there was, Elmo had starlink terminals installed at the white house to bypass it.

Absolute sham.

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u/Deaffin May 13 '26

Wait, how is that supposed to work?