Fired employee hacked into company’s computer system and deleted servers, causing it to lose S$918,000 - CNA

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Fired employee hacked into company’s computer system and deleted servers, causing it to lose S$918,000
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He didn't hack anything. He used a password that wasn't changed.

Which was also used repeatedly over the course of 3-4 months to gain access via a non-corporate laptop without the IT doing anything about it.

Yeah that seems pretty negligent on their part.

I've been in IT for a few years and I've changed companies a few times. I just checked my login creds for various systems of 3 previous employers and like half of them still work. Unfortunately it's a lot more common than any IT department would like to admit

It’s only hacking if it’s in a CVE.

Anything else is just sparkling unauthorized access.

That's just not true.

  1. Zero days
  2. Social Engineering
  3. Things that just don't receive a CVE, because there are many more vulnerabilities than there are CVEs

Technically he was not authorized to use the computer system due to his termination which the law looks at and calls hacking.

I'll give you half a point because technically you are right.

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