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IT Admin Trashes Railroad Company's Network Before He Leaves (bleepingcomputer.com)

Posted by msmash on from the stranger-things dept.

Catalin Cimpanu, writing for BleepingComputer: A federal jury in Minneapolis, Minnesota found a local man guilty of intentionally damaging his former employer's network before leaving the company. The man's name is Christopher Victor Grupe, 46, and from September 2013 until December 2015 he worked as an IT professional for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), a transcontinental railroad based in Alberta, Canada. Things went sideways in December 2015 when CPR suspended Grupe for 12 days for yelling and using inadequate language with his boss. When the man returned to work following his suspension on December 15, management told Grupe they were going to fire him for insubordination. According to court documents obtained by Bleeping Computer, Grupe asked management to resign, effective immediately. He promised to come back the following days and return company property such as his laptop, remote access device, and access badges. He did return the items, as promised, but not before taking the laptop for a last spin inside CPR's network. Court documents show Grupe accessed the company's switches and removed admin accounts, changed passwords for other admin accounts, and deleted log files. When done, Grupe wiped his laptop and returned it to CPR's Minnesota office on December 17, two days after he resigned.

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  1. Well... did they? by rfengineer · · Score: 5, Funny

    "According to court documents obtained by Bleeping Computer, Grupe asked management to resign..." What was management's answer when asked to resign? Did they?

    1. Re:Well... did they? by freeze128 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I had no idea I could just ask management to resign. I'm totally going to do that from now on.

    2. Re:Well... did they? by Rei · · Score: 5, Funny

      Employee: "I've been working project you assigned me last but I don't have enough to get it done."
      Boss: "Excuse me?"
      Employee: "Do you not want me to the project or should I instead?"
      Boss: "... Can you please use adequate language when speaking with me?"
      Employee: "Go yourself."

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      I'll BUILD someone to replace you. Some kind of gamma-powered monster, with a heart as black as coal!
  2. inadequate language [Re:Huh?] by XXongo · · Score: 4, Funny

    "...using inadequate language..."

    I never realized it before now, but I have exactly that problem, inadequate language to deal with my boss

  3. inadequate language? by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... suspended Grupe for 12 days for yelling and using inadequate language with his boss.

    So, he wasn't rude enough?

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    It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
  4. Re:Not guilty by deviated_prevert · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why, because of his exemplary professional behavior? Also, who would be insane enough to hire him now?

    Equifax Argentina division, he would most likely do a bang up job securing their servers. At least he knows how to effectively lock down and change admin passwords in a Windows server setup which is a skill that seems to elude Equifax IT specialists.

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    This message was not sent from an iPhone because Peter Sellers really was a deviated prevert without a dime for the call
  5. Re: And this is why you disable accesss..... by decep · · Score: 5, Funny

    What if that person gets hit by a car

    Or a train...

  6. Re:And programmer [Re:What an Idiotic Company] by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 2, Funny

    The asshole IT admin wasn't smart enough to cover his tracks.

    What the simple fuck did he think was going to happen next?

    Getting railroaded?