<story><title>Ericsson workers were kidnapped when telco sent them to negotiate with ISIS</title><url>https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/ericsson-workers-were-kidnapped-when-telco-sent-them-to-negotiate-with-isis/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>causi</author><text>&lt;i&gt;The company is also believed to have bribed the terrorist group to allow it to use a fast route through ISIS territory that avoided government checkpoints.&lt;p&gt;The telco used sham contracts, inflated invoices, and falsified financial statements to funnel millions to ISIS and local power brokers, with millions still unaccounted for.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oh damn.  That&amp;#x27;s going beyond just trying to maintain your infrastructure for the sake of the populace.</text></comment>
<story><title>Ericsson workers were kidnapped when telco sent them to negotiate with ISIS</title><url>https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/ericsson-workers-were-kidnapped-when-telco-sent-them-to-negotiate-with-isis/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Saint_Genet</author><text>Should probably have done what this swedish chemistry professor did&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.thelocal.se&amp;#x2F;20181213&amp;#x2F;lund-professor-freed-student-from-islamic-state-warzone&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.thelocal.se&amp;#x2F;20181213&amp;#x2F;lund-professor-freed-studen...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>