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Twin brothers wipe 96 gov't databases minutes after being fired (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 days 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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[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, now both 34, had been in trouble before. Back in 2015, the brothers pled guilty in Virginia to a scheme involving wire fraud and computers. Muneeb was sentenced to three years in prison, while Sohaib got two.

They had a track record and found employment in government It.

HR should've been fired for that fuckup.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago

Both conclusions are correct, but step 1 was a background check