A salesman’s alleged parting shot at his former employer included remotely wiping a company iPhone to delete years of contracts, confidential documents and customer information, according to a lawsuit alleging violations of the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Equipment salesman Michael Wynne was allegedly so disgruntled when he resigned from his 16-year employment with United Rentals Inc. that he used his old credentials to remotely access his former company cellphone, put it in “lost” mode and use an Apple Inc. security feature to permanently delete all its files.
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