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i know this is /. but straight from TFA, one of his supervisors tried to get the guy canned, and Failed, from there on, he had a couple weeks with his usual permissions, and he set up a program to check what people were reporting about him, as well as set (obviously) a time bomb that would only go off if he didn't have access to reset the time bomb that would make him the only guy with a working password.

I think ironically, that someone working there, Disabled his Password (he reportedly gave one to police) then his time bomb went off leaving the system with NO passwords at all,

and to compound things, they've been using the system 'as-is' because they need it desperately, to do daily jobs. what's going to happen when they find out the whole setup was left password less, the past month of data encrypted and irretrievable, and the only way for admins to work on it is by losing a months worth of data?

and here's the thing, TFA is completely tainted with 'worst case scenarios' they totally assume he gave them wrong passwords (ignoring the fact that it might have been a 'time bomb' leaving the system password less) and also assume that he might have given people on the outside access to the system, with no proof... they also think he has it set so he can destroy data with a cell phone, i mean come on, get real he had like a week or two to plan this from when his supervisor tried to fire him, until they finally fired him..

IMO this guy had a personal disagreement with his manager, and was fired because that guy was working full time trying to find a way to fire someone he disliked.. considering he earned an extra 30k as a trouble shooter and was able to pull off a time bomb, i'm sure he knew what he was doing with technology...

"New York Times gadget reviewer David Pogue got into an email back-and-forth with Valleywag after he was tricked into writing an article by advance misinformation on a pre-launch product. In theory, it's good for reviewers to test and write up products before release day, so consumers can make informed choices. In practice, Pogue and we wish the industry standard would change."
http://valleywag.com/tech/media/pogue-agrees-++-advance-gadget-reviews-are-bogus-310416.php