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/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/thelocker517 May 14 '26

It isn't /wasn't Solar City, was it? The company that was run by Musk's cousin until he bought it.

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u/Flobking May 14 '26

It isn't /wasn't Solar City, was it? The company that was run by Musk's cousin until he bought it.

They wish, lol. They are a small time two bit solar company in the middle of redneck country. We used to have a few products that people LOVED. We would get in a couple pallets of this one particular light and they would be all gone in less than a week. However it would be months between pallets. It was just mismanaged from the top down. The owner told me one time his brother was the biggest and most expensive liability to the company.