<story><title>AT&amp;T employees were bribed to install phone unlocking malware on company network</title><url>https://www.geekwire.com/2019/seattle-area-att-employees-bribed-install-phone-unlocking-malware-company-network-authorities-say/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kiallmacinnes</author><text>&amp;gt; “Now he will be held accountable for the fraud and the lives he has derailed.”&lt;p&gt;Whoa there. What? Yes, he&amp;#x27;s committed a crime and should be held accountable for that. But..&lt;p&gt;Who&amp;#x27;s lives has he derailed? If I was to accept a bribe to commit a crime, nobody is derailing my life but me - to say anything else suggests a level of intelligence bordering on inability to understand and take responsibility for my actions. Can I use this defence for non bribery related crimes? How about assassin for hire?&lt;p&gt;Prosecute him for the crimes he committed and prosecute those who accepted bribes for their crimes. Theres just no reason to exaggerate like this.&lt;p&gt;Edit: And, to add, I dislike the discount &amp;#x2F; rental &amp;#x2F; lock in model the carriers use, but it does sound like crimes were committed.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>moftz</author><text>I guess you could consider all of the employees that got fired&amp;#x2F;will get fired&amp;#x2F;left before they got fired. Their lives got derailed but that&amp;#x27;s on them. No one held a gun to their head, this guy was on the other side of the world and convinced some AT&amp;amp;T techs to do this for money. If they were willing to install malware for money, AT&amp;amp;T is just lucky the guy was only after unlocked phones. I&amp;#x27;m sure the employee handbook doesn&amp;#x27;t explicitly say &amp;quot;don&amp;#x27;t install malware for strange Pakistani men for money&amp;quot; but I&amp;#x27;m sure they had enough training to put all of the pieces together...</text></comment>
<story><title>AT&amp;T employees were bribed to install phone unlocking malware on company network</title><url>https://www.geekwire.com/2019/seattle-area-att-employees-bribed-install-phone-unlocking-malware-company-network-authorities-say/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kiallmacinnes</author><text>&amp;gt; “Now he will be held accountable for the fraud and the lives he has derailed.”&lt;p&gt;Whoa there. What? Yes, he&amp;#x27;s committed a crime and should be held accountable for that. But..&lt;p&gt;Who&amp;#x27;s lives has he derailed? If I was to accept a bribe to commit a crime, nobody is derailing my life but me - to say anything else suggests a level of intelligence bordering on inability to understand and take responsibility for my actions. Can I use this defence for non bribery related crimes? How about assassin for hire?&lt;p&gt;Prosecute him for the crimes he committed and prosecute those who accepted bribes for their crimes. Theres just no reason to exaggerate like this.&lt;p&gt;Edit: And, to add, I dislike the discount &amp;#x2F; rental &amp;#x2F; lock in model the carriers use, but it does sound like crimes were committed.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>brentm</author><text>Federal prosecutors love a good dramatic press conference.</text></comment>