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Re:VW fired senior employee after they raised cyber security... by btown on Monday January 24, 2022 @01:00PM (#30061329)
Don't be silly, everyone knows the best way to stop fraudulent cover-ups is to make sure there's no discoveries to cover up in the first place, and ensure everyone who would make such a discovery is fired or cowed into submission before anything can be investigated at all! /s

(In seriousness, that hypothetical PR statement is one of those sentences that makes you reflect on the power that messaging has. It also means that you can't trust a PR-driven image on the culture of a company!)

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Re:VW fired senior employee after they raised cyber security... by throwawaysleep on Monday January 24, 2022 @01:11PM (#30061491)
At a past employer, this was a lot of the reason for a lot of the things we did. If we looked, we were accountable. If we were ignorant, that was sufficient defence to our bosses and their bosses.
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