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A disgruntled ex-employee at a Singaporean IT firm caused carnage after deleting over 180 servers


The staff member was angry about his dismissal and sought to get his own back

Boris Cipot, a senior security engineer at the Synopsys Software Integrity Group, told ITPro that this is an important reminder for businesses to focus on the proper implementation of authentication systems. While authentication and authorization systems are vital, Cipot added, they can still be exploited due “improper implementation,” and he maintained that it is not enough to just create accounts and assign them access rights. Kandula Nagaraju's drastic action following his dismissal underscores a critical oversight that many organizations still stumble upon—the exit process,” Malik said.

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