roundup5381@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Have to make an example of them lest the surfs realize they have power
I actually cannot believe you have any upvotes for this type of comment.
If computers and networking were not involved, and we lived in the 1970s, this would be the equivalent of setting off a remote bomb in every factory across the country for your former company when you get fired.
In the 1970s this, first, would be an equivalent of what another guy wrote, changing a lock combination and not telling people, a minor mischief, and second, he’d have a union protecting him.
This is clearly disproportional.
A bomb kills\maims people and harms equipment, this is very clearly not a bomb.
In the 1970s this would be a scandal.
It is in no way a bomb. If this was the 1970’s, it would be the same as changing the combination on the safe and not telling anyone the combination after being fired.
Great username! Go Team Venture!
You live in there modern world and see how things are going and your can’t believe people support the destruction of established systems? Ok.
And how many people died or were injured? How much damage to property occurred?
Looks to me like he just wasted time and hurt revenue. That’s not any of the above.
I’ll agree to start imprisoning people for using their job to affect profit when CEOs start getting jailed for affecting the profit of those laid off.
Ah, yeah, by the way - if you do something harmful at work and are hold responsible for it legally, it’s weird because when you do something clearly beneficial at work the company holds all the responsibility for that, and you hold your paycheck independently of the outcomes of your work.
So how the hell is this even treated as any kind of crime, let alone worth 4 years, is unclear for me. Some people seem to be forgetting that where peaceful protest is punished, violent protest finds a way.
If an intern damages a production database, they (or whoever else) are not (legally) held responsible, despite someone there definitely making a few mistakes leading to loss of profit. But it’s not even considered.
In this case it’s not a mistake, but does it matter? Unless they violated some security process inside the organization, thus illegally gaining access wherever, the story means that they used “maliciously” the access they were given.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 days ago
*serfs but yeah
Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 days ago
* Smerfs
roundup5381@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Thought that didn’t look right
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 2 days ago
They’re both words. Serf is the one for a person subject to someone else’s rule just to live. (obvs not fully accurate definition, but dictionaries can give you the real deal)
roundup5381@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Yea, sorry, English is my first language.