A credit advisor at a bank in New York is in a lot of trouble after an act of revenge: the woman deleted tens of thousands of documents and is now on trial.
New York – With an act of revenge for her termination, a former bank employee of the New York Credit Union, one of the most important banks in the state of New York, now has to answer in court. Because she logged into the bank’s system again after her termination and deleted a lot of data, the ex-banker faces up to ten years imprisonment for a computer attack. This was announced by the competent court after her confession.
In court, she admitted that she had deleted a total of over 20,000 company documents, including over 3000 folders – from important customer documents to files that were supposed to protect against cyber attacks. Total damage: 21 gigabytes of files to be reconstructed, costs of around 10,000 US dollars for their restoration and a not inconsiderable damage to the image of the credit bank. This was reported by the news magazine Stern.de.
Revenge after the termination: Ex-employee deleted security files
The part-time employee, who was dismissed from the New York Credit Union for unknown reasons on May 19, 2021, gained access to her user account again on May 21, and randomly deleted customer loan applications as well as protective software that was supposed to protect the bank from hacker attacks. In addition, she accessed the bank’s confidential documents.
A responsible FBI employee emphasized in court that the accused had not only harmed her ex-employer, but above all the customer: “Your vicious act of revenge was not only a security risk for the bank, but also created problems for customers were dependent on the requested loans ”. Much of the deleted data has now been restored. (ska)
The case of the former head of the US company Game Stop, George Sherman, shows that injured parties do not always have to be so unlucky when dismissed in court. As compensation for his termination, he received a severance payment worth 150 million euros.
