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To patch this server, we need to get someone drunk

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Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Date Published: 2024-09-06

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Simon Sharwood

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A humorous On Call anecdote recounts how Bob, an IT staffer at a private equity firm, secretly scheduled server patching and reboots during a planned fire drill to bypass a boss’s rigid 24/7 uptime rule; with help from building services delaying re-entry, the team finished the work unnoticed and the boss only learned years later.

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