A global burger chain in Finland suddenly lost all access to its critical operational data — no warning, no outage alert, just instant silence. A third-party supplier had cut them off overnight, and the kitchens were about to feel it.

This episode takes you inside the rapid-fire DevOps rescue that brought the data back before chaos hit the lunch rush.

Listen now to IT Horror Stories with Jack Smith.

https://ithorrorstories.eu/#ep08

#tech #podcast #devops #ithorror

Imagine this:

The sales team flew out for a conference but landed itself in jail. Turns out, “competitive intelligence” sounds a lot like “espionage” when you cross the wrong border.

Join us for the story of international pitches, nightly c-level calls, and a sales deck that almost triggered a diplomatic incident.

It’s high stakes mixed with geopolitics to create quota chasing chaos.

Listen to our episode "IT and global politics", available now on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Deezer and of course on ITHorrorStories.eu

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Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/episode/55ofb1P4fhg1xa4Rvq87ma?si=jCKU5EJeQ9-NRHFO0855FA
Apple Music : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/it-and-global-politics/id1812612272?i=1000720575898
YouTube : https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=bBFl9Jne8Ig&si=HBZtcpmYEhVpFb78
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#podcast #security #espionage #politics #ithorror #techhumor #marketing #salesdeck

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https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/05/13/the_server_that_wasnt_meant_to_exist/ #ITHorror #ServerPhantoms #TechThriller #DataSaga #HackerNews #ngated
The Server That Wasn't Meant to Exist

A story from 16 years ago - trust, tech, and a server that had to disappear. They offered me a blank check. I said no.

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Das kannste dir nicht ausdenken! Soll für Chef seinen neuen Arbeitsplatz-PC fertig machen. Gerne, solche einfache, stumpfe Arbeiten tun auch mal gut. Als ich fertig war, konnte er nicht mehr in sein StarMoney Programm rein, weil er das Passwort vergessen hatte. Kein Problem, dann setzt er es einfach zurück. Easy. Jetzt kommt’s: Die selbst ausgedachte (!!!) Sicherheitsfrage lautet: „PayPal Passwort“. Bin ausgerastet. Er konnte es nicht verstehen. AHHHHH! #itBubble #ItHorror