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

submitted 6 months 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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[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 106 points 6 months ago (7 children)

And why couldn’t they have done that to the student loans system?

Like JFC, they could have instantly made themselves immune from trial-by-jury anywhere in America by doing that one tiny thing.

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[–] ApertureUA@lemmy.today 31 points 6 months ago*

Probably not one of the 96(+) databases they had :(

DROP TABLE students

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[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 22 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

Student loans are loans from third party lenders which are cosigned by the federal government for collateral.

Even if every government record of it were destroyed, the loan servicers would have perfect multiple ledger copies of it all.

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[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Fight Clubs HATE this one simple trick!

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[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 months ago

Peter Thiel probably has a backup copy now from doge unfortunately.

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[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago

Oh for something important like that we have backups.

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[–] modus@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Wasn't that a premise in Mr Robot?

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[–] village604@adultswim.fan 7 points 6 months ago*

It was kinda the premise of Fight Club, although private sector instead of public

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