IT admin gets 7 years for wiping his company's servers to prove a point

pcgamer.com:

An indignant IT admin, seemingly aiming to prove the lax security his employer had hitherto ignored, proceeded to delete a bunch of vital financial databases, and has subsequently been given seven years in prison as a result. It's what's known in the IT trade as 'cutting your nose off to spite your face,' or inadvisably hulking out on a server you're known to have access to and have already complained about.

Han Bing, a database administrator for Lianjia, a Chinese real estate brokerage, previously known as Homelink, was allegedly one of only five people in the security team with access to the company's financial system databases. So when someone logged in with root access to Lianjia's financial system and deleted the lot (via Bleeping Computer), the company already had a handful of suspects.

Four of the five handed over their laptops and passwords immediately, while Bing refused to hand over his password, claiming that it held private information. He agreed to access the device for the company's investigators while he was present, and no incriminating evidence on his machine. 

The company, however, claimed the attack could be done simply by connecting to the server in a way that would leave no residual trace on the client laptop. 

Subsequent electronic forensic analysis of the company's server logs, alongside the use of the company's CCTV footage, was able to link records held on the server with the host name of Bing's MacBook, Yggdrasil, as well as certain MAC and IP addresses linked on his computer.

Yeah, Yggdrasil. The tree of life. The roots of which can be seen sprawling across the sky in Valheim, and as that big f*** off plant glowing away in Elden Ring. Everything in 2022 always seems to lead back to Elden Ring.