Fired employee accessed companys computer test system and deleted servers causing it to lose S918000 CNA
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ppThe 39yearold man who was confused and upset after being fired deleted 180 virtual servers from NCS computer systemppKandula Nagaraju leaving the State Courts on May 13 2024 Photo TODAYOoi Boon Keongpp
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ppSINGAPORE Upset that he was fired an employee accessed his former companys computer test systems and deleted 180 virtual servers costing them about S918000 US678000 ppKandula Nagaraju 39 was sentenced to two years and eight months jail on Monday Jun 10 for one charge of unauthorised access to computer material Another charge was taken into consideration for sentencing ppHis contract with NCS was terminated in October 2022 due to poor work performance and his official last date of employment was Nov 16 2022ppAccording to court documents Kandula felt confused and upset when he was fired as he felt he had performed well and made good contributions to NCS during his employmentppAfter leaving NCS he did not have another job in Singapore and returned to IndiappBetween November 2021 and October 2022 Kandula was part of a 20member team managing the quality assurance QA computer system at NCSppNCS is a company that offers information communication and technology services The system that Kandulas former team was managing was used to test new software and programs before launch In a statement to CNA on Wednesday NCS said it was a standalone test systemppIt consisted of about 180 virtual servers and no sensitive information was stored on them
After Kandulas contract was terminated and he arrived back in India he used his laptop to gain unauthorised access to the system using the administrator login credentials He did so on six occasions between Jan 6 and Jan 17 2023ppIn February that year Kandula returned to Singapore after finding a new job He rented a room with a former NCS colleague and used his WiFi network to access NCS system once on Feb 23 2023ppDuring the unauthorised access in those two months he wrote some computer scripts to test if they could be used on the system to delete the servers ppIn March 2023 he accessed NCS QA system 13 times On Mar 18 and 19 he ran a programmed script to delete 180 virtual servers in the system His script was written such that it would delete the servers one at a time ppThe following day the NCS team realised the system was inaccessible and tried to troubleshoot but to no avail They discovered that the servers had been deleted ppOn Apr 11 2023 a police report was made and several IP addresses uncovered by internal investigations were handed over to the policeppKandulas laptop was seized by the police and the script used to carry out the deletions was found on itppInvestigations revealed that he had searched on Google for scripts to delete virtual servers which he then used to code the scriptppAt all times he was aware after his employment with NCS ended that he was not authorised to access the system As a result of his actions NCS suffered a loss of S917832 ppEditors note The sentence given to Kandula Nagaraju has been corrected in this article to two years and eight months from two years and six months We apologise for the errorppGet our pick of top stories and thoughtprovoking articles in your inboxppStay updated with notifications for breaking news and our best storiesppGet WhatsApp alertsppJoin our channel for the top reads for the day on your preferred chat appppCopyright Mediacorp 2024 Mediacorp Pte Ltd All rights reservedppWe know its a hassle to switch browsers but we want your experience with CNA to be fast secure and the best it can possibly beppTo continue upgrade to a supported browser or for the finest experience download the mobile appppUpgraded but still having issues Contact usp
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ppThe 39yearold man who was confused and upset after being fired deleted 180 virtual servers from NCS computer systemppKandula Nagaraju leaving the State Courts on May 13 2024 Photo TODAYOoi Boon Keongpp
This audio is generated by an AI tool
ppSINGAPORE Upset that he was fired an employee accessed his former companys computer test systems and deleted 180 virtual servers costing them about S918000 US678000 ppKandula Nagaraju 39 was sentenced to two years and eight months jail on Monday Jun 10 for one charge of unauthorised access to computer material Another charge was taken into consideration for sentencing ppHis contract with NCS was terminated in October 2022 due to poor work performance and his official last date of employment was Nov 16 2022ppAccording to court documents Kandula felt confused and upset when he was fired as he felt he had performed well and made good contributions to NCS during his employmentppAfter leaving NCS he did not have another job in Singapore and returned to IndiappBetween November 2021 and October 2022 Kandula was part of a 20member team managing the quality assurance QA computer system at NCSppNCS is a company that offers information communication and technology services The system that Kandulas former team was managing was used to test new software and programs before launch In a statement to CNA on Wednesday NCS said it was a standalone test systemppIt consisted of about 180 virtual servers and no sensitive information was stored on them
After Kandulas contract was terminated and he arrived back in India he used his laptop to gain unauthorised access to the system using the administrator login credentials He did so on six occasions between Jan 6 and Jan 17 2023ppIn February that year Kandula returned to Singapore after finding a new job He rented a room with a former NCS colleague and used his WiFi network to access NCS system once on Feb 23 2023ppDuring the unauthorised access in those two months he wrote some computer scripts to test if they could be used on the system to delete the servers ppIn March 2023 he accessed NCS QA system 13 times On Mar 18 and 19 he ran a programmed script to delete 180 virtual servers in the system His script was written such that it would delete the servers one at a time ppThe following day the NCS team realised the system was inaccessible and tried to troubleshoot but to no avail They discovered that the servers had been deleted ppOn Apr 11 2023 a police report was made and several IP addresses uncovered by internal investigations were handed over to the policeppKandulas laptop was seized by the police and the script used to carry out the deletions was found on itppInvestigations revealed that he had searched on Google for scripts to delete virtual servers which he then used to code the scriptppAt all times he was aware after his employment with NCS ended that he was not authorised to access the system As a result of his actions NCS suffered a loss of S917832 ppEditors note The sentence given to Kandula Nagaraju has been corrected in this article to two years and eight months from two years and six months We apologise for the errorppGet our pick of top stories and thoughtprovoking articles in your inboxppStay updated with notifications for breaking news and our best storiesppGet WhatsApp alertsppJoin our channel for the top reads for the day on your preferred chat appppCopyright Mediacorp 2024 Mediacorp Pte Ltd All rights reservedppWe know its a hassle to switch browsers but we want your experience with CNA to be fast secure and the best it can possibly beppTo continue upgrade to a supported browser or for the finest experience download the mobile appppUpgraded but still having issues Contact usp
