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Before You Fire the Company Geek

Posted by Zonk on from the check-his-pockets-on-the-way-out dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A new 'insider threat' survey by the US Secret Service and Carnegie Mellon University finds that 82 percent of people who hack their company 'exhibited unusual behavior in the workplace prior to carrying out their activities.' A somewhat amusing writeup at washingtonpost.com points to a bunch of more interesting gems hidden deep in the study, including: 'Almost all - 96 pecent - of the insiders were men, and 30 percent of them had previously been arrested, including arrests for violent offenses (18 percent), alcohol or drug-related offenses (11 percent), and non-financial-fraud related theft offenses (11 percent).' The blog post also notes that 86 percent held technical positions at the companies: '...if you're going to fire someone (particularly company geeks who have the motive, means and access to inflict pain on your computer systems) make double sure you cut off their e-mail and network access at the same time you hand them their walking papers.'

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  1. I'm shocked and disappointed. by Dink+Paisy · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I really thought that the low quality of Slashdot could be blamed on the fact that the majority of readers were idiotic whining high school children. The fact that my age is younger than average is quite disturbing.

    The 97% male thing is fully expected, though. I bet that the other 3% are visually indistinguishable from males.

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    whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.
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  2. Re:Further down in the report... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    That's like some racist bastard saying that because 50% of all homicides in the United States are committed by African-Americans (which is true), 50% of African-Americans are murderers (which is not true).

    I don't know what kind of backwards, primitive, racist shithole you live in but I've never heard (via personal interactions, professional interactions, or the media) anyone ever say that 50% (or anywhere close to that number) of "African-Americans" were murderers.

    I think you need to take a breather, turn of Air America, turn off CNN/MTV, take a shower, and go smell some fresh air.

  3. Re:Further down in the report... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Welcome to being a fucknut. Enjoy.