One guy alone does not make a mistake like that.
I'm a big believer in:
If it's possible to make a mistake (particularly one of this scale) then preventive procedures and quality assurance are not up to scratch.
This was a team effort, not a 1 man screw-up.
If one guy loses his job or suffers as a consequence of this event, then I urge you all to action.
Action similar scale to our support of Kevin Mitnick.
How would you like to write code and (say) forget a comma, have it pass cleanly through all peer reviews, unit testing, system testing etc etc, only to find that it caused a $1m problem and your career and livelihood was now on the line ?
One of the biggest reasons you are constantly subjected to security audits and process audits and finance audits is not because you have been a naughty boy and someone from up on high wants to catch you out, it's to find holes in processes and procedures that might at some point in the future cause a problem (like this one)
(I'm tipping that the auditors don't get their arse kicked over this.)
If one guy loses his job, you'd all better stand up and make with the noise, otherwise no one will come to your rescue when you need it.
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One guy alone does not make a mistake like that. I'm a big believer in: If it's possible to make a mistake (particularly one of this scale) then preventive procedures and quality assurance are not up to scratch. This was a team effort, not a 1 man screw-up. If one guy loses his job or suffers as a consequence of this event, then I urge you all to action. Action similar scale to our support of Kevin Mitnick. How would you like to write code and (say) forget a comma, have it pass cleanly through all peer reviews, unit testing, system testing etc etc, only to find that it caused a $1m problem and your career and livelihood was now on the line ? One of the biggest reasons you are constantly subjected to security audits and process audits and finance audits is not because you have been a naughty boy and someone from up on high wants to catch you out, it's to find holes in processes and procedures that might at some point in the future cause a problem (like this one) (I'm tipping that the auditors don't get their arse kicked over this.) If one guy loses his job, you'd all better stand up and make with the noise, otherwise no one will come to your rescue when you need it.