Misconfigured Work Laptop Wrecks User's Life.

FIOLA, Michael; AMERO, Julie; LOEHRS, Tami

The article focuses on misconfigured computer system and its impact on workers' work in the U.S. A case against Michael Fiola was charged with a violation of the computer usage policy, but later the charges were dropped in June 2008, after an investigation by the Massachusetts Attorney General's office concluded that the state couldn't prove Fiola had downloaded the images. Tami Loehrs, the forensic investigator Fiola hired, had found that the laptop was misconfigured, riddled with malicious applications, and not getting critical software updates. Like Fiola, Julie Amero, a substitute teacher was convicted of felony child endangerment after a computer in her classroom popped up pornographic advertisement because of misconfiguration.