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Admin took out a call center – and almost their career – with a cut and paste error

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Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Date Published: 2024-06-24

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Matthew JC Powell

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A lighthearted tale describes how a Florida call center running Ubuntu and ViciDial—without a test environment—accidentally injected clipboard-copied adult jokes into live sales scripts for 300 agents, causing chaos before management was given a flimsy technical excuse. The story highlights the pitfalls of editing in production and the risks of weak change controls.

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