Disgruntled It Employee Causes Houston Company $862k Cyber Chaos
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Disgruntled IT employee causes $862K cyber chaos at Houston company.
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about 1 month ago
I can't imagine doing something like this, but if I did ... I don't understand doing it in such a disruptive / obvious way that absolutely would result in a very intense investigation and so on ... but that's probably why I wouldn't at all anyway.
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