Yeah, the proper time to revoke credentials is before they even know they’re getting fired. At all the places I worked, the first sign that someone was getting fired would be that they’re suddenly unable to access anything.
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Openopenopenopen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This is messed up. Messing with allergen info can kill people.
But using your credentials is not hacking. Disney should have revoke the access and it probably would have prevented it. I suppose we can’t expect a billion dollar company to have good process and procedures.
“The complaint alleges he did this soon after being fired by Disney using passwords that he still had access to on several different systems.“
Fosheze@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
AngryishHumanoid@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
It’s likely that HIS credentials were revoked, but anyone in IT will tell you there many systems which are accessed by a shared direct username/password login, and yes while that should be changed when needed a much easier solution would be to lock those apps/sites behind a VPN which is much easier to revoke access to.
Fosheze@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Exactly. Nothing with shared credentials should be directly accessible to someone off site to begin with. Either way things went down they have a security hole you could fly a blimp through. Either they aren’t revoking credentials properly or they have eternally facing systems using shared credentials.
calabast@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
IT systems need a way to pre-enter an account deactivation, and when HR sends a text to the system it make it live, or something. I’ve been the IT guy who was told to disable an account, and the user found out before the news was broken so they asked me what was going on. No bueno.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
This is messed up. Messing with allergen info can kill people.
brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
This was my first thought too. Interestingly that death occurred October 2023, while this particular fired employee is accused of accessing Disney’s menu systems around June-September 2024.
Almost like this ex-employee saw the news earlier and was then inspired to try to murder someone with bad allergen info.
dhork@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Using your credentials is not hacking, but once he was canned he no longer had authorization to access those systems. Legally, there is probably no distinction between gaining access by actual hacking vs. using credentials that are no longer authorized.
So yes, their IT processes are deficient, but that doesn’t let the guy off the hook or mitigate his punishment.
femtech@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
Unauthorized access is what the US government calls it.
meco03211@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Does the government define “hacking”? I’d imagine not that specific word.