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SECURITYAug 3 · 06:30 UTCTHE REGISTER

IT boss left root session open for bring-your-kid-to-work day

An IT manager left terminals logged in as root during a company event where children were present, leading to a nine-year-old daughter typing 'SHUTDOWN' and causing 36 hours of repair work. The incident occurred in the 1990s at a company using IBM RS/6000 Unix machines and legacy BASIC software.

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