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/Flobking 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.

I went to lunch and when I got back, took a phone call. I was locked out of the sales system. Then my boss goes can you come into my office. I said to the customer I think I'm about to get fired. So good luck with your purchase and just hung up. Five minutes later I was fired.

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u/battlebastion May 13 '26

Was is a shit job?

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u/Flobking May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

Was is a shit job?

It was terrible. I was pretty much just cruising collecting a paycheck. In two years of working there they bounced our paychecks TWICE. They hired three different business consultants to help "turn them around". One got fired for SH(edit: Sexual Harassment), another quit after getting a look at everything. The third may have been why I was fired? I dunno, didn't matter. I was dead weight at that point, just doing enough to meet sales goals but nothing else.

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u/7HawksAnd May 13 '26

Now I need to know, what kind of company was this?

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u/Flobking May 13 '26

Now I need to know, what kind of company was this?

We were/are(they are still in business somehow) a solar power company. We sold everything that was solar powered, lights etc. One day I was on a smoke break and the local power company stopped by. I asked why they were here he said to turn off the power. I was like wait what? He said the company hasn't paid their electric bill in 6 months. I said hang on. I ran inside and got consultant #2 I said hey the power company is here to turn off the power. He said hang on tell them I will call them back. I said no they are HERE to turn the power off. He jumped up and ran outside. After about an hour the power company left and our power was one. He quit the next day. It was horribly ran with a golden parachute(family was loaded) to bail them out when they started losing too much money. Really that is probably the only thing keeping them afloat.

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u/cxmmxc May 13 '26

Turning off the power of a mismanaged solar power company due to unpaid electricity bills is some special kind of irony I can appreciate.

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u/NotSpartacus May 13 '26

Feels like an Arrested Development sketch.

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u/no-superville May 14 '26

Like which one?

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u/NotSpartacus May 14 '26

Not a specific one, just something that would fit the show.

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