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At Verizon, a developer outsourced his job to China and he spent most of the time at office surfing social sites.<\/p>\n

Excerpt from Verizon’s security Blog.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, Bob had simply outsourced his own job to a Chinese consulting firm. Bob spent less that one fifth of his six-figure salary for a Chinese firm to do his job for him.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Authentication was no problem, he physically FedExed his RSA token to China so that the third-party contractor could log-in under his credentials during the workday<\/strong>. It would appear that he was working an average 9 to 5 work day. Investigators checked his web browsing history, and that told the whole story.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

9:00 a.m. \u2013 Arrive and surf Reddit for a couple of hours. Watch cat videos
\n11:30 a.m. \u2013 Take lunch
\n1:00 p.m. \u2013 Ebay time.
\n2:00 \u2013 ish p.m\u00a0Facebook updates \u2013 LinkedIn
\n4:30 p.m. \u2013 End of day update e-mail to management.
\n5:00 p.m. \u2013 Go home<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The best part?
\nInvestigators had the opportunity to read through his performance reviews while working alongside HR. For the last several years in a row he received excellent remarks. His code was clean, well written, and submitted in a timely fashion. Quarter after quarter, his performance review noted him as the best developer in the building<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n
\"\"<\/img>\n<\/td>\nVerizon Business Security Blog\u00a0 \u00bb Blog Archive\u00a0\u00a0 \u00bb Case Study: Pro-active Log Review Might Be A Good Idea(Click to view)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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