IoT hacking and rickrolling my high school district
Working in IT&#x2F;tech for school district is the worst. My experience from many years ago - around 2002, I think:<p>1. First day on the job, email to boss: &quot;Hey, the computer lab at Springfield High has a ton of known security flaws that are begging to be exploited.&quot;<p>2. Reply, 1 week later: &quot;Sorry, we don&#x27;t have any money for that. Just keep everything up-and-running.&quot;<p>3. 3 weeks later the computer lab at Springfield High got &quot;hacked&quot;. All the computers displayed a popup window that said, &quot;Miss Krabappel is a dyke!&quot; (sorry for the offensive language)<p>4. Next day, email from boss: &quot;The computer lab at Springfield High was hacked! Figure out how to fix this and make sure it doesn&#x27;t happen again!&quot;<p>5. A few days later Miss Krabappel filed to sue the school district. The local newspaper picked up the story.<p>6. Email from boss, in full panic mode: &quot;I need you to figure out who hacked the computer lab at Springfield High so we can report him to the police!&quot;<p>7. A week later an independent consulting firm was brought in to help identify the person behind the &quot;hack&quot;. I heard they were paid $50K and found nothing. However, the kid got ratted out when he told all his friends. (It wasn&#x27;t Bart Simpson! ;) )<p>8. Several weeks later: meeting to discuss working with a consulting firm that&#x27;s gonna fix all the security issues because the current staff (me and my team) lacks the skills.<p>9. About 6 months later, I quit.