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When Sysadmins Go Bad
An anonymous reader writes "Here is a story about what can happen when you think you're being oh so clever. This sysadmin planted so-called logic bombs on the systems he was responsible for and then quit. He also tried to game the stock market, buying put options on his former company, hoping to cash in when the disaster he engineered struck. Who can companies trust if they're afraid that this kind of thing can happen? How can they prevent it?"
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Everyone died today? Large lack of posts!
What the hell just happened?
/. the [logic] bomb...
I go to post a comment and I get a page full of ads. I think someone set up
Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.
By making sysadmins unnecessary!
Have everyone running WINDOWS XP! That doesn't need any system admistration at all, it has perfect uptime and is fully transparent for even the dumbest user!
[/sarcasm]
I was disappointed to find that this was an article, and not a new show on Fox.
It's better to burn out than to fade away
... they just decompile.
With the Paine Webber guy, I was amazed this guy didn't think the SEC could put 2 and 2 together.
"Hmmm, there's the guy who had access to the company's computers and made all those put options, but I don't know if there's any way we can prove motive or opportunity."
When Sysadmins Attack!! Watch as they reprogram their employers servers to backfire...muhahahaha...Now watch as they make millions off the stock they sold by destroying their company!! It's so gruesome, it could only be on Fox News! ::Check your local listing for times::
"Some fight for law. Some fight for justice. What will you fight for? One day, you will see."
C'mon -- this is really small potatoes ...
That this firm had a SIXTY year old sys admin.
There's hope for me yet.
It's Christmas everyday with BitTorrent.
Who can you trust?
Microsoft. Trustworthy computing.
At Microsoft, we make operating systems that administer themselves, so you don't have to hire those untrustworthy and expensive system administrators. Nearly any high-school graduate, or poo-flinging monkey, with the proper brainwa^H^H^H^H^H^H^H training can become a Microsoft-Only Operations Certified Omnipotent Worker. Get your own MOOCOW today, and let us handle your security problems. You shouldn't have to worry about these computer dealies - that's our job.
Microsoft. Trusted Computing since 2002.
My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.
Looks like one SysAdmin is thinking things were not as easy as in Office Space or Superman 3. Off to "federal pound me in the ass prison" for him.
~~ What's stopping you?
Dilbert Comic:
'Ted the Generic Guy' walks into the office and complains to the boss: Jeez, my security card access wouldn't work so I had to tailgate into the building. Then my phone mail refuses to let me in and my network password was refused! Is it possible for anything *else* to stop working today?
The Boss: Tee hee hee ...
And I forgot to be logged in.
Arrrggggghhhhh. Isn't that how it always goes.
Please, please, please take his advice!
I would be extremely disappointed if my cron jobs that sabotage the company did not run after I left!
In the same way one should prevent employees from placing out pieces of fish to rot in strategic places around the building, or other nice ways to sabotage: by taking care of their workers.
I don't see the difference between this way of sabotaging and my silly example above.
Remember the lesson of "Jurassic Park":
If you don't pay your programmers enough money, a tyrannosaurus rex will eat your lawyer.
What is this some kind of weird Perl code?
We cook your meals,
we haul your trash,
we drive your ambulances,
we protect you while you sleep.
Do not fuck with us.
--Tyler Durden, Fight Club
We backup your servers,
we script your patches,
we don't mention the porn on your laptop,
we run your firewall,
don't fuck with us.
--Painehope
PC moderators can suck my White pierced, tattooed dick. If you think pride == hate, s/dick/Aryan meat mallet/g.
I remember reading a comment by somebody, somewhere (gee, can I be more vague?)...
I think it was in SF, and they got called for a survey about crime. They got asked "how do you feel about crime rates?" They asnwered "I think they're going up, Enron is stealing millions WorldCom is stealing millions, so is Xerox and a bunch of other guys." The survey taker was taken somewhat by surprise by this. "Um, no I mean street crime". "Oh you mean some guy who's going to steal $6 from my wallet instead of a couple thousand dollars from my grandma's pension fund?" The survey taker sid "um, yes." "Oh, I think that's getting better, though crime overall is bad."
Some junkie jonesing for a fix steals some car parts, goes to prison. WorldCom execs lie and still get millions from bankrupt companies.
Man, the first example reads like a page out of BOFH! http://bofh.ntk.net/Bastard.html
(New boy comes in) "Here, hold this wire." (Bzzt!)
Yeah, it's a multi-faceted problem. I guess it comes down to "Don't hire jerks, and try not to be a jerk" as much as "redundant meat-ware".
Yow! I'm supposed to have a plan?