[ohithereyou]

>Dunno how far someone will get with a USB key versus sending everyone a plausible email.

Insiders still can be threats. There was a machine that was deployed in a hospital for clinical imaging that some rad tech who guessed the administrator password put folding@home on without telling anyone which crippled that machine's ability to perform its function.

[wutbrodo]

> some rad tech who guessed the administrator password put folding@home on without telling anyone which crippled that machine's ability to perform its function.

How incredibly bizarre to do something that dumb for no personal benefit.

[Scoundreller]

F@H had value!!!

I do remember an IT admin day that said he ran SETI@Home at a low priority on all machines because detect any problems with a machine (e.g. spyware, crashing, heat problems, etc.)

But 2002 thinking wouldn’t fly in 2019.

[Bnshsysjab]

BTC miners occur more than F@H these days, but they happen plenty.

[ohithereyou]

This incident occurred before crypto mining was a thing many knew about. He thought that since the machine was unused overnight that someone should get some benefit from it.