Fired employee sought AI help to hide deletion of hosting firm’s customer data

The apparent revenge deletion of US federal databases after the dismissal of twin brothers from an online hosting company is another reminder to IT and HR leaders that tough off-boarding procedures have to be implemented to prevent insider attacks. Destructive attacks either from disgruntled current or former employees aren’t new . But the conviction by a Virginia jury last week of one of the brothers raises a number of issues that IT pros and CEOs have to keep in mind.