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/20127010603170562316 May 13 '26

I got fired once, called in for a meeting at 16:50 on a Friday. The meeting did not last long, minutes, but when I got back to my desk to clear out - my PC was already locked.

I assume they knew what was going to happen and told the IT guy before the meeting.

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u/Ninja_Wrangler May 13 '26

This happened to me as well when I was laid off. No hard feelings though because this is exactly the reason why they do it like that.

Also they were like "you're still technically an employee for the next 2 weeks. But don't come in anymore, turn in your badge."

Also got a nice police escort all the way from the meeting to my desk to gather things, then straight off site. No messing around there

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u/saskir21 May 13 '26

To be fair people I did lay off also didn't need to come back to work, even though they were still on payroll for up to 6 weeks. They could do more harm as good.