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Humor

4 articles

Consultant Mistakenly Deleted a Ton of Data - But Reported It as a Bug

The Register, Monday, June 8th, 2026

A consultant's faulty deletion script wiped hundreds of files, but he escaped blame by reporting it as a bug.

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Consultant Mistakenly Deleted a Ton of Data - But Reported It as a Bug

Every Employee's Password Was Stored in a Single Excel File

The Register, Thursday, June 11th, 2026

A CEO kept all 2,000 staff passwords in an unsecured Excel file and refused MFA, despite prior ransomware.

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Every Employee's Password Was Stored in a Single Excel File

This Is Your BIOS Speaking. Please Fix Me. Your PC Is Broken

The Register, Friday, June 12th, 2026

This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Jackson" who told us about his time providing tech support in a university's biology department.

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This Is Your BIOS Speaking. Please Fix Me. Your PC Is Broken

BOFH: For One Ambitious Security Type, Chaos Is a Ladder

The Register, Friday, June 12th, 2026

"And uh... what are you doing?" the Head of Security asks, entering the Security office as I'm making my way to the exit – with a PC under my arm.

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BOFH: For One Ambitious Security Type, Chaos Is a Ladder