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‘Unstable’ IT pros sabotaging systems

A recent study by the US Secret Service and the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon has called into question the mental stability of many IT professionals. The research analysed cyber-crime across critical infrastructure sectors and found that nearly 100 per cent of insider IT sabotage was carried out by people who were ‘disgruntled’, ‘paranoid’ and/or ‘argumentative’. Full Story