http://news.techworld.com/security/3378413/toyota-accuses-fired-worker-of-major-security-breach/ By John E Dunn Techworld 29 August 2012 Car maker Toyota has filed a lawsuit against a worker it claims attacked the company's US parts supply website as retribution for being fired. Alleged bad behaviour by workers and former workers is common but the speed at which events have unfolded in this case is still unusual. The accused, Indian contract programmer Ibrahimshah Shahulhameed, was reportedly only fired by the company on 23 August, but by this week Toyota had alleged a range of bad behaviour in a suit filed in a Kentucky court. According to Toyota, after being dismissed Shahulhameed accessed the toyotasupplier.com web portal, sabotaging 13 web applications and interfering with the security certificates in a way that led to a system crash. [...]Received on Wed Aug 29 2012 - 22:47:48 PDT
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