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Twin brothers wipe 96 gov't databases minutes after being fired (arstechnica.com)
submitted 18 hours ago by FTonsilStones@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
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A case study in why credentials are revoked before firings.

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[–] everett@lemmy.ml 35 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Try not to delete any databases on your way to the parking lot!

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago

Oops! All Databases

[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago

"I can't go out for a pack of smokes without running into 9 databases that you dropped!"

[–] elvith@feddit.org 11 points 18 hours ago

But I explicitly stated in the ~~CLAUDE.md~~ employee guidelines to not delete production databases!