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Company CEO flooded file share with smut, called for help after he deleted it

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PWNED Welcome, once again, to PWNED, the weekly column where we cover high-security hijinks that are at least partially the victim’s fault. This week, we have a trio of tales that involve incredibly unprofessional behavior, inappropriate use of corporate resources, and outright theft, all dealt with by IT. Have a story about someone leaving a gaping hole in their network? Share it with us at pwned@sitpub.com. Anonymity is available upon request. Our trilogy of tech exposure comes courtesy of Zach Lewis, the current CIO and CISO at the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis. Before his current role, Lewis worked for various other companies in IT roles and he has some tea to spill. At one job, Lewis was working as a sysadmin when the CEO asked for help recovering photos he had accidentally deleted from a company file share. The files were accessible to anyone at the organization, and Lewis searched archived copies in Google Picasa to restore them.…

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