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Verizon Employees Fired For Snooping Obama's Record

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-wait-a-minute dept.

longhairedgnome writes "The curiosity in President-elect Barack Obama's phone records came with a high price tag for Verizon Wireless employees. According to CNN, the workers who snooped on Obama's phone records have been fired. 'This was some employees' idle curiosity,' a company source told CNN and added 'we now consider this matter closed.' Justice served? What about legal possibilities?" Can we expect anyone who followed a warrantless wiretap from the Bush administration to also be fired then? I mean, they violated our privacy as well.

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  1. Re:No. by Xtravar · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No, he meant criminals and criminals.

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  2. Comment Moderation by Khemisty · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "Can we expect anyone who followed a warrantless wiretap from the Bush administration to also be fired then? I mean, they violated our privacy as well.

    I wish I could mod that comment up. If it'd been a normal comment, it would've gotten +5 Insightful in no time flat.

  3. Re:Not where I work, and not me... by yttrstein · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I understand that PCI doesn't actually prevent unauthorized access to records. But it does put into place (or should, too many people are cheating) a system of checks and balances that go longer to insure the discovery of such shenanigans than much that came before it.

    What I was referencing is the next few permutations of PCI DSS, in which much discussion has been had on implementing a general policy of ACL on *all customer data*. Yeah, it's going to be a huge, huge headache for a lot of people, but ultimately for the best. Especially for consultants. Huzzah.