Re: They knew who sent the e-mail - Were they sacked?
"£145k fine.... to be paid by taxpayers either directly or in reduced services."
That's what always baffles me. How can one department of government fine another department of government? Obviously, if the money is deducted from somewhere, they can't meet payroll or do the things that money was budgeted for and where does the money from the fine go? Lobster dinners for some other mob? Is it re-allocated to MOD?
It's better to sack the bonehead and the person that hired them and then get everybody else properly trained and the software fixed. There has to be a gateway setting that can prohibit or limit recipients on an email or just put those messages on hold until somebody higher up hits the "ok" button the same way they do at large market's cash registers. If that forces somebody to send messages out one at a time, maybe they won't be so keen to hit "reply all" and limit where the message is going.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
