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1. Undocumented server setups with passwords saved in their own password manager and refusing to hand passwords and proccess after being fired. 2. Hacking the

by choot 8y ago

1. Undocumented server setups with passwords saved in their own password manager and refusing to hand passwords and proccess after being fired. 2. Hacking the servers after being fired and deleting the data 3. Insulting the guy from the marketing/sales/customer service department for lack of technical knowledge. 4. Asking the woman from the customer service department to be a cheerleader to up his motivation while he fixed the customer's problem.

hn_throwaway_99 8y ago
> 2. Hacking the servers after being fired and deleting the data If true, that is a pretty easy prosecutable criminal offense. Did you press charges?
ChrisSD 8y ago
> 1. Undocumented server setups with passwords saved in their own password manager and refusing to hand passwords and proccess after being fired. That's as much a management issue as a developer one. There's no way the developer should have had sole power in the first place. I mean, I get it. In a previous life I was "the IT guy" with absolute control over my domain. But I'd have hoped most organisations would have wised up nowadays.
rl3 8y ago
>2. Hacking the servers after being fired and deleting the data May I ask what happened with this? For many companies step one would be to contact the feds, and then the former employee would awaken to the sound of their door being kicked in pursuant to a search warrant for all of their personal devices.
- paulddraper 8y ago
  Why is this a federal crime?
  - rl3 8y ago
    >Why is this a federal crime? Anything related to damaging computer systems via way of unauthorized (or even sometimes even authorized) access can easily become a federal crime. The CFAA[0] comes to mind, see 18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(5)(A). Moreover, the feds are typically better equipped than local jurisdictions to handle computer-related crimes. [0] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030 Note: IANAL

by choot 8y ago

hn_throwaway_99 8y ago

> 2. Hacking the servers after being fired and deleting the data If true, that is a pretty easy prosecutable criminal offense. Did you press charges?

ChrisSD 8y ago

> 1. Undocumented server setups with passwords saved in their own password manager and refusing to hand passwords and proccess after being fired. That's as much a management issue as a developer one. There's no way the developer should have had sole power in the first place. I mean, I get it. In a previous life I was "the IT guy" with absolute control over my domain. But I'd have hoped most organisations would have wised up nowadays.

rl3 8y ago

>2. Hacking the servers after being fired and deleting the data May I ask what happened with this? For many companies step one would be to contact the feds, and then the former employee would awaken to the sound of their door being kicked in pursuant to a search warrant for all of their personal devices.

paulddraper 8y ago
Why is this a federal crime?
- rl3 8y ago
  >Why is this a federal crime? Anything related to damaging computer systems via way of unauthorized (or even sometimes even authorized) access can easily become a federal crime. The CFAA[0] comes to mind, see 18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(5)(A). Moreover, the feds are typically better equipped than local jurisdictions to handle computer-related crimes. [0] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030 Note: IANAL