Former IT employee gets 2.5 years for wiping 180 virtual servers
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- A former QA employee of National Computer Systems (NCS) used non-revoked credentials between January and March 2023 to test and ultimately execute a wiper script on March 18–19 that deleted 180 virtual servers in a testing environment, causing an estimated $678,000 in damage; law enforcement traced the activity to the individual, recovered the script from his laptop, and he pleaded guilty.
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