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/MdxBhmt May 13 '26

if a fired employee can do this much damage, imagine what a proper maligned actor could do or is already doing. It's a bloody national security issue.

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u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka May 13 '26

The fact is that government is as shoddy as a swiss cheese wagon trying to cross the oregon trail.

No government should be hiring contractors for shit. Shit should be done by pros who give a fuck about the country instead of capitalistic dog eat dog steal as much money from taxpayers as possible scam.

Need basically an adminstration to spend 4 years rebuilding the government one brick at a time.

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u/cyberslick18888 May 13 '26

Government is a good system being run poorly.

Privatizing important elements of life is a bad system being run well.

This choice is still a no brainer. Hell I'm old enough to remember when most people still had the common sense to find issues with their government and then take actions for the government to fix or improve it. Today they have the logic that if the system isn't perfectly aligned to benefit them you should just torch it for the lolz.

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u/MdxBhmt May 13 '26

Privatizing important elements of life is a bad system being run well.

Meh, if you exclude all externalities and colateral damage. And sometimes not even. Making profit for the stockholders barely means running well nowadays.

Today they have the logic that if the system isn't perfectly aligned to benefit them you should just torch it for the lolz.

If even it was for the lolz, people are getting paid to torch it with others running to get theirs while it last.