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BBC posted a followup... 1. Kidspass spokeswoman said that it was their off-hours crew that blocked Alex and Troy. They were unblocked 10 hours later. 2. They

by swang 9y ago

BBC posted a followup... 1. Kidspass spokeswoman said that it was their off-hours crew that blocked Alex and Troy. They were unblocked 10 hours later. 2. They will institute a vulnerability policy as a result of this. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/40776512 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/40776512

AdmiralAsshat 9y ago
Ah yes, the unverifiable temp-worker / contractor / person-who-no-longer-works-here scapegoat that skirts the company from any responsibility. It's always amazing how they would have you believe that the bad actor is never a real employee.
- j_s 9y ago
  It works! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2815183 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2815183
- rmc 9y ago
  A scaptern! An intern who can be scapegoated. "Oh it wasn't us, it was this intern" Usually happens when a politician or business leader sends a racist/pornographic message.
1_2__4 9y ago
> off-hours crew That's a funny way to spell "employee".
- unethical_ban 9y ago
  "We admittedly hire substandard employees in order to call our SOC '24/7' and they have embarrassed us. We're sending them to SANS training to remedy the situation."