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Fired IT Worker Replaces CEO's Presentation With Porn

Posted by samzenpus on from the best-meeting-ever dept.

An anonymous reader writes "52-year-old Walter Powell wanted revenge when he was fired from his position as an IT manager at Baltimore Substance Abuse System Inc. So, he hacked into their systems — installing keyloggers to steal passwords. Then, when his CEO was giving a presentation to the board of directors he replaced the slides with pornographic images. Powell has now been given a 2 year suspended sentence, and 100 hours community service."

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  1. Re:Awesome by That+Guy+From+Mrktng · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I dunno. He was an IT manager capable of installing software and changing a presentation; that's more IT knowledge than most IT managers have.

    Well put, Is not coincidence that I'm reading /. and not AdAge? but...

    does that mean that everyone in the marketing department is capable of being IT managers?

    Is Apple years light ahead when it decided to let marketing weight more than IT?

    Did Microsoft tried to do the same as Apple since the beginning of the IT ages and failed miserably relegating itself to deliver services and products that (more or less) work on the corporate scene while intentionally delivering the worst advertising of all IT industry?

    Is IBM the reptilians of IT because seems like nobody gets to see their marketing efforts yet they do much more research than the others combined?

    THIS and more questions in our next episode of WHEN I.T. AND MARKETING COLLIDE!!1