Reply to: The dangers of torrenting

[Pondlife]

I can't believe that someone who was in line for a big hitter role in a yank organisation is also torrenting pron on their company laptop. Especially someone who works in IT FFS. It's the kind of think that gets someone kicked off a graduate scheme or dropped from the sales dept.

If this story is true then you're Suity's forum bitch for the whole of next year unless he literally wets himself on a client site and then admits to it on here.

[suityou01]

MF, thanks for the bloody good laugh and thanks for sharing.

In fairness this was something that could happen to any of us so let he who is without sin and all that.

I think the lesson that CH points out in #2 has now been well learnt.

On a pragmatic note, your name is now mud in that company and I'd start planning my exit strategy pdq.

[TestMangler]

Even if they don't do anything dodgy, people have masses of stuff on their computers they are not aware of.

The other day I was looking for where a program kept its settings file so I could back it up. Made a small change and then searched *.*/today in Explorer. There were hundreds of image files from my usual daily peruse of the online papers, most of which I'm pretty sure were not on any pages I looked at. Sure it would be pretty easy to get some child porn etc without even knowing it.

And the defence rests, your honour

[xoggoth]

Even if they don't do anything dodgy, people have masses of stuff on their computers they are not aware of.

The other day I was looking for where a program kept its settings file so I could back it up. Made a small change and then searched *.*/today in Explorer. There were hundreds of image files from my usual daily peruse of the online papers, most of which I'm pretty sure were not on any pages I looked at. Sure it would be pretty easy to get some child porn etc without even knowing it.

[SimonMac]

mf;dr

[NotAllThere]

...
Bastards! I had been discussing taking a new role in the company and they'd preempted and ******* terminated me.
...

I then phone the Us number knowing its 2am in the morning and amazingly the IT Director Answers.

'MF?'
'Yes. Why the hell have you terminated me?'
'Terminated??? We haven't terminated you. Your laptop has been hacked and is being used as a bot to attack our network. We've suspended everything you touch and we want your laptop. I'm flying in our top guy from the security team right now. We want your laptop. Your 'case zero'

Needless to say I had to nicely explain to him how to leave a ******* voicemail!!!

Ah right. And then he terminated you.

[EternalOptimist]

mf;dr

[administrator]

tl;dr

[SimonMac]

once upon a time in a land of make believe So last Tuesday, two days before Xmas I was fired. I was woken at 2am in the morning on my vacation with a call from the US. I instantly ignored it and turned my phone off.

In the morning I listened to the voicemail. 'MF this is X(senior IT Director in the US). When you get this call you will find that you cannot login to your email, access the network and all of your company accounts / logins have been suspended. In addition we want your laptop returned to security in the London office in the next 24 hours. Please contact us to arrange a courier. Please contact me back urgently on 9999999'.

Bastards! I had been discussing taking a new role in the company and they'd preempted and ******* terminated me.

We reserve this for people who we can't get hold of directly or who have too much access/ influence.

I phoned HR Europe. I appear to have been terminated. Can't see anything but let us check. An hour later I get a call back. 'Well a system termination request has been implemented but we don't have anything.'

I then phone the Us number knowing its 2am in the morning and amazingly the IT Director Answers.

'MF?'
'Yes. Why the hell have you terminated me?'
'Terminated??? We haven't terminated you. Your laptop has been hacked and is being used as a bot to attack our network. We've suspended everything you touch and we want your laptop. I'm flying in our top guy from the security team right now. We want your laptop. Your 'case zero'

Needless to say I had to nicely explain to him how to leave a ******* voicemail!!!

So my every interaction, website, CUK post is being dissected as we speak. I've had to admit to downloading illegal torrents and bootlegged files, the odd 'Babysitters do Dallas' downloads and why the **** I have pictures of grown men in nappies with the words 'Suity that's you that is' and a picture of a big grizzly man cuddling a skinny fella in a swimming pool with the words 'Churchill / Brillopad - Bromance'

I'm so embarrassed.

FTFY

[vetran]

I have need a machine gun Howitzer.

FTFY

[scooterscot]

Your gun ain't big enough... 😯

I have a machine gun.

[Scruff]

I'd fire your ass.

Your gun ain't big enough... 😯

[Cliphead]

McAfee if it was human couldn't find its own arse with both hands.

[vetran]

Oh, are we recommending grumble flicks now?

Apparently MF has been reviewing them!

McAfee might be a part of the issue.

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[PerfectStorm]

Sounds like a Darwinian firing is in order!

Assume every system that you don't own is being watched - including the little webcam at the top of the screen. Just think what wonders that's been able to see... (a small square of gaffer tape works wonders, by the way)