Twin brothers, fired, wipe 96 US Gov databases

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/drop-database-what-not-to-do-after-losing-an-it-job/

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thenextguy@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 124d (1 reply)

No backups?

Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 124d

Muneeb didn’t appear to consider his actions a big deal. “Eh, they can recover from yesterday,” he said, referring to daily database backups.

“Yeah, they could,” Sohaib agreed.

finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 124d

Having served time for wire fraud/computer crimes, why didn't their names come up as 'do not hire' during background checks for the computer-oriented companies they got work at?

Arrandee@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 124d

WHERE do I find that gigantic USB delete key?

OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 124d

FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 5 pts · 124d

This event happened at OPEXUS in February 2025, which is interesting because I immediately assumed the criminal sloppers were employed by the Trump admin.

paraphrand@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 124d

I’ve never heard of the term “password trafficking” before.