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."

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[The MAZZTer]

Being fired is likely to piss off someone whether they deserve to be fired or not.

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[Ogive17]

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.

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[sandytaru]

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.