A former employee took revenge on his company by deleting servers after being fired, for which he received a prison sentence.
Revenge of the programmer
Causes of the incident
39-year-old Indian citizen Kandula Nagaraju, who previously worked at NCS (National Computer Systems in Singapore, was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for unauthorized access to computer systems and the removal of his former employer's test servers. Nagaraju lost his job in October 2022 due to unsatisfactory performance. The fired employee was sad and upset about the dismissal, considering his work to be good. Unable to find new work in Singapore, he returned to India.
Avenger Actions
Finding that his credentials were still active, Nagaraju began plan revenge on a former employer. From January to March 2023, he searched the Internet for scripts to remove servers and tested them on NCS systems. In March, he enhanced and disguised malicious scripts, gaining access to the system more than 13 times. On March 18 and 19, Nagaraju launched the removal of 180 test servers one at a time so as not to arouse suspicion. On March 20th, the NCS Quality Assurance team discovered that their servers were unavailable.
Aftermath of the incident
NCS stated that no confidential information was stored on remote test servers, therefore, company and customer data remained safe. However, restoring the systems cost the company approximately $678,000. The company reported the incident to the police in April 2023. Investigators tracked Nagaraja through IP addresses, seized his laptop and found malicious scripts and Google search history.
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- NCS (National Computer Systems) is a large Singapore company providing IT services in Southeast Asia, Australia, Hong Kong , China and India, with more than 13,000 employees.
- Kandula Nagaraju is a 39-year-old Indian citizen, a former NCS employee, convicted of unauthorized access to computer systems and deletion of test servers.
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39-year-old Indian citizen Kandula Nagaraju, who worked for the Singapore company NCS (National Computer Systems), was sentenced to 2 years and 8 months in prison for unauthorized access to company computers and causing damage in the amount of $678,000.
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Gustav
Wow, this is simply incredible! 🤯 Kandula really decided to take revenge on his former employer in a radical way. But delete 180 test servers in one night! Isn't this crazy? I don't know what to think about this.
Katarzyna
I was also shocked when I learned about this incident. Of course, being fired is a very painful experience, but to take revenge like this... This is too much! 💥 Kandula could have caused serious damage to the company, but instead he only wasted their time and money on recovery.
Enzo
On the one hand, I can understand his disappointment after his dismissal. But on the other hand, his actions were completely unacceptable! Deleting critical company resources is no longer a prank, but a real crime. 🚨 Kandula deserved his punishment.
Ihor
Yeah, this is a really tough story! 💥 Kandula clearly went too far with his “revenge”. I can’t even imagine what was going through the minds of his former colleagues when they discovered the servers were missing. Surely they immediately thought about some kind of hacker or malicious program. And then it turned out that it was all about an offended former employee! 😱
Grzegorz
Phew, how ugly this Kandula acted! 😒 Okay, let’s say he was offended and fired unfairly. But why was it necessary to take such revenge on the company? After all, he would not have suffered any harm if he had simply left with dignity. And now he's in big trouble with the law. Hopefully this will teach him to be more reserved in the future.
Jacques
Revenge is always a bad advisor. 😔 Kandula, apparently, in the heat of the moment made an unreasonable decision and committed a crime. Now he will have to take responsibility for his actions. It's a pity, of course, but it's my own fault. I hope the rest of the NCS staff were not affected by this incident.
Вольдемар
What a waste of time and effort! 🙄 Instead of looking for a new job, this Kandula got carried away with searching for scripts to delete servers. Why complicate your life? Getting fired is, of course, an unpleasant experience, but you just need to move on and not take revenge on your former colleagues. I hope that at least now he will come to his senses and start behaving rationally.
Paulina
This is truly a strange case! 😳 On the one hand, I understand Kandula’s indignation after his dismissal. But on the other hand, his actions seem completely reckless to me. Why was it necessary to delete important company resources? This is just an act of vandalism! As a result, the former employer suffered heavy losses, and Kandula himself ended up behind bars. Not the best outcome for both sides...