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Cloud engineer wreaks havoc on bank network after getting fired

by 7_hours_ago on 12/22/23, 2:24 AM with 3 comments

• by 7_hours_ago on 12/22/23, 2:24 AM

  An ex-First Republic Bank cloud engineer was sentenced to two years in prison for causing more than $220,000 in damage to his former employer's computer network after allegedly using his company-issued laptop to watch pornography.

  Miklos Daniel Brody, 38, of San Francisco, pleaded guilty in April to two charges of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act after obtaining information from and intentionally damaging a protected computer, and one charge of making false statements to a government agency.

  In addition to spending two years behind bars, the judge ordered Brody to pay $529,266.37 in restitution and serve three years of supervised release after he's out of jail.

• by webmaven on 12/22/23, 2:43 AM

  Lesson learned: First you revoke their credentials, then you tell them they're fired.

• by ozgrakkurt on 12/22/23, 4:40 AM

  200k damage is wreaking havoc on a bank??

  Sad for him to lose his honor though