News Rogue IT worker gets seven months in prison over $200,000 digital rampage — technician changed all of his company's passwords after getting suspended

[Admin]

A suspended IT worker who caused at least $200,000 of damage in an act of revenge upon his employer has been sentenced.

Rogue IT worker gets seven months in prison over $200,000 digital rampage — technician changed all of his company's passwords after getting suspended : Read more

 

[JRStern]

Well of course lock him out, good grief.
But I'm not big on administrivia, even with full access aren't there protections against mass password change?
I assume this starts with mass reset, but is there a way to do mass change even after that? Just wondering, ...

 

[chaos215bar2]

Funny how company execs never wind up in prison when they illegally screw over their employees, isn't it?

Not an excuse for this kind of behavior, of course, but why is this a criminal matter? If the employee caused $200,000 worth of damage, sue them for damages and be done with it.

That's already more than enough to ruin most people's lives without tacking on a criminal prosecution which, of course, will make it all but impossible to find any decent employment going forward even after this person is "rehabilitated" and released back into society.

 

[jg.millirem]

When I was abruptly fired from a small US organization in 2008 whose IT I was running, because I had begun letting the staff know that the CEO gave himself a $40K bonus when he had told staff no bonuses because of the recession, I spent about 15 minutes, as I was packing up, debating whether or not to reveal the domain admin password. The IT contractor they instantly brought in told me that knowing this password was paramount. I made him sweat for a while at least. But I don’t think I had any legal obligation to tell them anything.

 

[acadia11]

No they don’t it’s good to be the king. Peon now back to your desk.

 

[skedge]

Hmm, a Mohammed.. I was going to say this simply has incel written all over it, but..

 

[skedge]

Funny how company execs never wind up in prison when they illegally screw over their employees, isn't it?

Not an excuse for this kind of behavior, of course, but why is this a criminal matter? If the employee caused $200,000 worth of damage, sue them for damages and be done with it.

That's already more than enough to ruin most people's lives without tacking on a criminal prosecution which, of course, will make it all but impossible to find any decent employment going forward even after this person is "rehabilitated" and released back into society.

Silly question. The law can't partition the severity of the punishment if such an act could put people's lives at risk in possible scenarios. Grow up.