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		catalogia on July 16, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter internal panel linked to account hijacking... > That being said, what was the employee's endgame here? General disgruntlement maybe? Maybe they were simply pissed off and looking for a way to hurt the company.

pier25 on July 16, 2020 [–]

And go to prison?

catalogia on July 16, 2020 | [–]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_postal

Sometimes people behave very irrationally. In the most sensational cases that manifests as violence, but I think it might also manifest as acts of sabotage.

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