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Two signs in the comms cabinet said 'Do not unplug'. Guess what happened
2022-12-02 07:00

Bob proudly described to The Register that those racks were properly resilient: a pair of firewalls and two sets of switches connected to primary and secondary circuits.

"One day, we got a call from the managed network provider," Bob told On-Call.

Bob chatted to the manager and told him to inspect the comms cabinets.

Bob's remote monitoring tools confirmed that all was indeed well.

"The incident really highlights that all the signs in the world sometimes can't stop human stupidity," Bob wrote in his missive to On-Call.

Bob never found out if the iPad owner was fired, and still can't quite believe they turned off a network to charge a device.


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