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Fired Gucci Employee Accused of Attacking Network
WrongSizeGlass writes "Computer World, Information Week, The Register are all reporting on the story of a former Gucci IT employee who is accused of a November 2010 assault on Gucci's network deleting files and virtual servers, taking a storage area network offline, and deleting mailboxes from the corporate email server. The lost productivity is estimated at $200,000. Sam Chihlung Yin, 34, of Jersey City, NJ, allegedly created a fake VPN token in the name of a non-existent employee which he tricked Gucci IT staff into activating in June 2010, a month after his employment contract was terminated by Gucci for unrelated reasons."
It's funny how the closer something is to hacking, the less the word is actually used in an article. While this seems to me to be more of a result of bad policies (admin passwords were never changes) and social engineering (which is a form of hacking) actual hacking, I find it funny that the term is hardly used at all whereas when Anonymous tries a DDoS, it's ZOMG HACK0RZ!!!! every other line.
Being fired is likely to piss off someone whether they deserve to be fired or not.
What he got fired for is irrelevant. Sounds like a nerd's way of "going postal" is to delete as many files as possible on their way out.
Revenge is not a smart move. You are most likely going to get caught and it will ruin your chances at future employment as soon as a prospective employer does a background check.
"Action without philosophy is a lethal weapon; philosophy without action is worthless."
I can't say I didn't fantasize about throwing a supermagnet into the data center of an ex-employer I was downsized from, but I knew better and the majority of adults I hope would know better too.
Occasionally living proof of the Ballmer peak.
Thanks Gucci for not breaching time continuity for not firing him for something he would do in the future!