Interesting item here - the way these tyrants dismiss someone with
police escorts and refusal to permit them to re-entry sure backfired in
this case.
Stop and think - these stupid morons took this man's job, treated him
like a criminal, and gave those laid off police escorts off the job,
like big deal......and this guy left with a password - Open Sesame.
And they think computers are the answer to all - even the Russian KB has
had access to all banking records of anyone they want - and how did they
get this - why America let them in on the system, this is
how.....computers are still run by people and now these people see how
one man, cost them big bucks and believe me revenge must have been
sweet.......
Be interesting to see what happens in say like Mexico when they pull
this crap say they should close down their companeis for poor
workmanship.
Reardless maybe Bush should take a good look at Michigan and come to
Traficant territory, Youngstown - see see the American people living in
Poverty while Mr. Democrat, Clinton, has a $300,000 a year office paid
for by taxpayers in Harlem.....while 9 million kids go to bed hungry at
night.....and thanks to this bastard, this Chief Sodomist - how many
jobs were lost in America - hey take a good look at some of the cess
pools they call cities and say this is American Way - but oh boy, United
Way Profits for the big boys take it from the top.
Clinton wants to be World Leader - look at this sick creep and consider
Marc Rich whom he pardoned, who tried to destroy the steel workers union
and say they both should not be on Ten Most Wanted List - the former is
wanted War Criminal and the latter, organized crime figure who gouged
Americans further.......
Well America still has JImmy Hoffa to give these destroyers a run for
their monoey.
But AFl CIA and UAW sold out long ago when they were admitted to the CFR
- Reuther wouldnt be bought, so this man died in an airplane accident?
Saba
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August 1, 2001
REVENGE IS SWEET......
Duval Aviv, a private investigator in New York, had lunch in April with
a man he suspected of sabotaging one of his client's computer systems,
causing up to $20 million in damage and indefinitely delaying a
long-planned public stock offering.
Mr. Aviv, whose client was a New Jersey chemical company, told the man,
the company's former manager of information- management systems, that
all the evidence pointed to him and that he was there to help him make
things right. After a few hours and many cups of coffee, the 56-year-old
former employee, whose name Mr. Aviv would not disclose to protect the
identity of the company, confessed his guilt.
The man was one of 50 people laid off from the company in February, and
he had known another executive's computer password and had used it after
he lost his job to tap into the company's computer system from home and
delete critical inventory and personnel files, Mr. Aviv said.
What caused this company veteran, who had been making $186,000 a year
and who had a wife and three children, to crack? An anonymous note that
he wrote to the president of the concern before he was caught sheds some
light on his motive. "I have been loyal to the company in good and bad
times for over 30 years," he wrote. "I was expecting a member of top
management to come down from his ivory tower to face us with the layoff
announcement, rather than sending the kitchen supervisor with guards to
escort us off the premises like criminals. You will pay for your
senseless behavior."
As the economy continues to stagnate and layoffs proliferate, workplace
experts say, it is becoming more important than ever for employers to
display vigilance against possible retaliation by the people they are
letting go.
For one thing, workers seem to be angrier these days when the ax falls,
said Beverly Smallwood, a Mississippi psychologist who does workplace
consulting for businesses. Many workers have put in endless hours and
sweat for the promise of hefty stock options that never materialized.
"I don't recall at any time in my history, and I've been in this for 30
years, where the degree of destruction was quite as high," said Linn A.
Hynds, a Detroit employment lawyer. Since December, he has advised
companies in 10 factory and office closings and layoffs involving 1,500
workers in southeastern Michigan.
At the same time, the people doing the dismissals at many companies �
especially dot-coms � are younger and more inexperienced than their
predecessors in the last big layoff binge of the early 1990's. In their
overzealousness, some of them make the mistake of bringing in security
guards in inappropriate settings, increasing the victims' resentment and
making retribution more likely.
The New Jersey chemical company committed two classic faux pas in
handing out its pink slips, in the view of Mr. Aviv, who is president
and chief executive of Interfor Inc., a private investigation firm.
First, it was unduly harsh toward a high- level executive who was
accustomed to being coddled and who was familiar with the ins and outs
of its computer network. And second, it failed to maintain a backup
filing system to protect its crucial documents against sabotage.
The worker was arrested and is out on bail, but may avoid jail time, he
said, because the company does not want to look stupid and is
considering settling the case to hush up the matter.
Two of the most common acts of revenge are theft of company property and
breaches in the company's computer network, according to an annual
survey of Fortune 1000 companies by Pinkerton Inc., the Chicago security
firm. Ray O'Hara, Pinkerton's vice president for the Western region,
estimates that employee retaliation occurs in only 1 percent of
dismissals, but could be as high as 5 percent at companies that do not
handle layoffs well or that have a hostile corporate culture.
The electronic workplace, while making businesses more productive, has
also created a situation that enables employees to bring a company to
its knees with just a few keystrokes.
That reality was brought home five years ago when Timothy A. Lloyd, a
computer programmer, was accused of hiding a software "time bomb" to
delete critical files in his company's computer system after being
fired.
The case, which is still making its way through the courts, involved
Omega Engineering Inc., a temperature components maker in Bridgeport,
N.J., which asserts that the damage could eventually cost it $10 million
in sales and contracts. Mr. Lloyd has denied any wrongdoing.
Moreover, with the growth in telecommuting and the spread of
Internet-capable hand-held devices, it has become easier for dismissed
workers to wreak havoc outside the company premises. Companies are also
beginning to install wireless networks in offices and factories that go
through walls and have a range of 300 feet. That means employees can
potentially tap into company databases via a laptop computer from right
outside their former workplaces.
As a result, security experts suggest cutting off employees' connections
to the corporate networks before letting the employees go.
"Every new wave of technology introduces new security exposures," said
Richard Hunter, managing vice president at Gartner Inc. (news/quote), a
research firm. "Clamp down and take away pass codes," he advised. "If
people who have a reason to be upset have access to your system, then
they have the means. The remaining question is: Do they have the
motivation?"
A disgruntled employee at an East Coast service company certainly did,
according to Jay Ehrenreich, a senior manager for the cybercrime unit of
PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York. The employee figured out how to
alter product prices on the company's Web site and fouled up a month of
bills, Mr. Ehrenreich said.
The sabotage, which occurred during a company reorganization and caused
hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage, was never linked to a
specific employee because the process for assigning identification
numbers for access to the network was so "messed up" the worker was able
to obtain a bunch of ID's and hide his or her identity, he said. The
company called in Mr. Ehrenreich to fix the problem.
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