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The 9 most outlandish computing stories of 2024

2024 was full of interesting, questionable, and outlandish computing events. Here are our top 9 contenders for the best tech story of the year.

Laptop · Dec 30, 2024

Ex-employee of major South-East Asian IT firm jailed after he brings down its test servers — with scripts found on Google

Man will spend two-years and eight months in prison after his remote access credentials at National Computer Systems remained active.

TechRadar · Jun 14, 2024

Disgruntled ex-employee costs company over $600,000 after he deletes all 180 of its test servers — found server deletion scripts on Google

NCS forgot to delete a former employee's access credentials, allowing him to install delete scripts that wiped out all 180 of its testing servers.

Tom’s Hardware · Jun 13, 2024