IT admin gets 7 years for wiping his company's servers to prove a point

As someone who browses new a lot: Honestly wondering why this article and variants is posted so much? It&#x27;s somewhat old news at this point yet somehow always posted with all different usernames, is someone out there really angry and wants to world to know? There&#x27;s surely better ways to affect change than an obscure forum ? You should perhaps be petitioning politicians.<p>&gt; Angry IT admin wipes employer’s databases, gets 7 years in prison<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=31397946" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=31397946</a><p>&gt; Angry IT admin wipes employer’s databases, gets 7 years in prison<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=31388012" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=31388012</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algolia.com&#x2F;?dateRange=all&amp;page=0&amp;prefix=false&amp;query=7%20years&amp;sort=byDate&amp;type=story" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algolia.com&#x2F;?dateRange=all&amp;page=0&amp;prefix=false&amp;qu...</a><p>Imgur and saved on Web Archive for posterity:<p>* <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;qdcSX02.png" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;qdcSX02.png</a><p>* <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20220517172501&#x2F;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algolia.com&#x2F;?dateRange=all&amp;page=0&amp;prefix=false&amp;query=7+years&amp;sort=byDate&amp;type=story" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20220517172501&#x2F;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algoli...</a>

I think some punishment is deserved.<p>One can bring up the issues to employer, the fact that employer doesn&#x27;t want to do anything about doesn&#x27;t give one a right to exploit and delete things imo. I would just part ways with the employer or keep notes of whom I notified incase of a scandal.

People need to accept that they dont have a grand purpose. Many times, companies are just checking a box and don’t want you to do your job.<p>Another example of this are Compliance Officers. A case strengthened New York’s at will employment statute when a compliance officer was fired for raising a compliance issue. Employee lost at trial and on appeal.

Excellent.<p>Now do Microsoft.