# Disgruntled worker deletes millions in files **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 25, 2008, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disgruntled-worker-deletes-millions-in-files/42415 "2008-01-25T08:27:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disgruntled-worker-deletes-millions-in-files/42415/1 "2008-01-25T08:27:51Z")
> **[Video News - CNN](https://www.cnn.com/videos)** > > Watch breaking news videos, viral videos and original video clips on CNN.com. #1, the company is just stupid for having all copies accessible to a single employee. #2, where was their off site storage? #3, lol @ the beat cop knowing more about data protection than the companies IT staff. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disgruntled-worker-deletes-millions-in-files/42415/2 "2008-01-25T08:31:57Z")
At least she didn’t run like disk boot and nuke or something. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disgruntled-worker-deletes-millions-in-files/42415/3 "2008-01-25T08:32:47Z")
$2.5 million for 7 years worth of arch. drawings? It must be a very small firm with no IT people. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disgruntled-worker-deletes-millions-in-files/42415/4 "2008-01-25T08:33:00Z")
Bitches… “And here’s the most sobering part: the owner of the architecture firm says Marie Cooley was not going to be fired. He says the job listing was for his wife’s business – not his.” ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disgruntled-worker-deletes-millions-in-files/42415/5 "2008-01-25T08:37:34Z")
Most small and businesses consider IT an unecessary evil and spend as little as possible. I bet their “server” was an HP or Dell desktop. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disgruntled-worker-deletes-millions-in-files/42415/6 "2008-01-25T08:41:29Z")
[http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?p=796999&highlight=raid#post796999](http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?p=796999&highlight=raid#post796999) FTW.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disgruntled-worker-deletes-millions-in-files/42415/7 "2008-01-25T08:41:38Z")
That really blows. And wtf? no off site storage? retarded. ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disgruntled-worker-deletes-millions-in-files/42415/8 "2008-01-25T08:47:21Z")
lol ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disgruntled-worker-deletes-millions-in-files/42415/9 "2008-01-25T08:49:54Z")
It’s not even the off site storage part because a lot places don’t do that… but at least a tape back up… ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disgruntled-worker-deletes-millions-in-files/42415/10 "2008-01-25T08:51:48Z")
hell, if they are solely an architechural firm + averaging $350k / year over 7 years of business… they were either: not very big (volume wise), or not very good. :lol: ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disgruntled-worker-deletes-millions-in-files/42415/11 "2008-01-25T08:54:00Z")
> [@FormulaLS1](#): > > It’s not even the off site storage part because a lot places don’t do that… > > but at least a tape back up… Yeah, the last place I worked didn’t do it, and their main data center was in south florida. I still remember watching them panic trying to get data pushed to our Buffalo datacenter over a VPN with a cat 5 hurricane heading straight for them. The hurricane was going to hit in 15 hours and the copy was going to be complete in 28. :lol: :tup: to thinking ahead. They lucked out and the storm turned last minute. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disgruntled-worker-deletes-millions-in-files/42415/12 "2008-01-25T08:56:27Z")
^At that point wouldn’t it be easier to just take the server with you?:biglaugh: ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disgruntled-worker-deletes-millions-in-files/42415/13 "2008-01-25T09:05:47Z")
> [@FormulaLS1](#): > > It’s not even the off site storage part because a lot places don’t do that… > > but at least a tape back up… Fuckin a right, i restore files at least twice a week… If i didnt have that we would be wasting hundreds aof man hours with people re creating their files. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disgruntled-worker-deletes-millions-in-files/42415/14 "2008-01-25T09:08:12Z")
I just run my users with terror… If I have to restore something they hear a 30min lecture about it 🙂 So they are careful before they delete. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disgruntled-worker-deletes-millions-in-files/42415/15 "2008-01-25T09:09:45Z")
> [@FormulaLS1](#): > > I just run my users with terror… > > If I have to restore something they hear a 30min lecture about it 🙂 > > So they are careful before they delete. you are so leet \<3 ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disgruntled-worker-deletes-millions-in-files/42415/16 "2008-01-25T09:10:16Z")
> [@FormulaLS1](#): > > I just run my users with terror… > > If I have to restore something they hear a 30min lecture about it 🙂 > > So they are careful before they delete. More often then not i have the person who thinks they are super efficient by having several excel windows open and overwrites the wrong file… Ugh!! but its job security right? ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disgruntled-worker-deletes-millions-in-files/42415/17 "2008-01-25T09:20:23Z")
> [@FormulaLS1](#): > > I just run my users with terror… > > If I have to restore something they hear a 30min lecture about it 🙂 > > So they are careful before they delete. MOVE! ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disgruntled-worker-deletes-millions-in-files/42415/18 "2008-01-25T09:36:31Z")
We keep ~10,000 files on a server from 1997. It’s been running 24/7/365 since then. That server is the key to our ISO. I did finally get corporate to upgrade… now it will be offsite and probably slower ☹ ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disgruntled-worker-deletes-millions-in-files/42415/19 "2008-01-25T10:37:07Z")
> [@AWDrifter](#): > > ^At that point wouldn’t it be easier to just take the server with you?:biglaugh: Except it was a critical server, and any down time = lost clients. And yes, the last company I worked for was retarded. ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disgruntled-worker-deletes-millions-in-files/42415/20 "2008-01-25T10:47:11Z")
> [@AWDrifter](#): > > MOVE! [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/disgruntled-worker-deletes-millions-in-files/42415.md?page=2)