4 ms·
I worked for a fortune < 10 company. One day I found a complete dump of all public AND PRIVATE slack messages sitting on a dev server that was open to all. I r
by zztaway2019 7y ago
I worked for a fortune < 10 company. One day I found a complete dump of all public AND PRIVATE slack messages sitting on a dev server that was open to all.
I reported it to security. Next day I'm suspended. Turns out security did it because they wanted to search through 'just in case' but didn't want to go through the process properly.
Either it was my fault or they were incompetent, guess which one they chose. I was forced to quit eventually.
- simonebrunozzi 7y agoI hope you hired a good lawyer and made them pay handsomely for this. They would have deserved it.
- zztaway2019 7y agoOh yes, and they played the long game until it was economically self destructive for me to continue. Never forget the time advantage a corporation has over an individual. In the end I lost all my equity.
- simonebrunozzi 7y agoSorry to hear this.
- Something1234 7y agoWhat would have been the correct way to handle such a discovery in order to cover your own rear?