Employees at NCCU and NC State download porn

[Bornthrilla]

Auditor: 3 university employees download movies, pornography From Staff Reports
Tuesday, Jun. 17, 2008 10:25 am

The N.C. Office of the State Auditor said today it found two employees at N.C. Central and one employee at N.C. State who misused university networks and computers by downloading movies, music, games, software and pornography. All three employees no longer work for their respective universities.

N.C. Central Chancellor Charlie Nelms reported the misuse to UNC General Administration, which reported it to the State Auditor's Office, according to a news release. During the investigation of employees at N.C. Central, auditors discovered a link that exposed the same issues with the employee at N.C. State.

Other findings in the report on N.C. Central include the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted materials, unauthorized access to servers at another university and the failure to properly verify a new employee's employment and education history, according to the release.

Other findings in the report at N.C. State include possible violation of federal copyright laws, intentional deletion of information to conceal inappropriate use and an employee inappropriately granting a friend access to a university server.

The findings are being forwarded to local, state and federal authorities for possible investigation

[Bornthrilla]

Article published Jun 18, 2008
Universities fire 3 in computer case

A state auditor's report said employees at N.C. Central and N.C. State used university software and computers to download pornography, movies and other digital files.


DURHAM (MCT) — N.C. Central has fired two employees after a state audit found they had downloaded pornography, movies and other digital files using university software and computers.

A separate state audit report, also released Tuesday, said an operations and systems analyst at N.C. State University also had downloaded movies onto his university laptop. He, too, was fired.

The employees were not identified.

The N.C. Central report said a database administrator and an information technology manager acknowledged using university computers to download porn, music, movies, games and software. The database administrator told auditors he downloaded about 100 movies, at least some of which were pornographic, according to the report. He said all the materials were for personal use and he did not sell copies of them, the report states.

The audit also found that N.C. Central did not oversee the information technology division adequately. As a result, a number of items, including iPods, GPS systems, Blackberrys and cameras, had been purchased for no particular university purpose. One employee told an auditor he bought the GPS system because "he likes toys," according to the report.

The audit was done at the behest of the school, which found the violations and forwarded its findings to the UNC system and on to state officials. One recommendation: a more rigorous look into the backgrounds of potential hires.

The report on the N.C. State employee said he might have downloaded 400 movies. The report said he deleted material from his university laptop to conceal inappropriate use. The employee told auditors he used the university software to download movies because it "provided faster downloads as compared to his dial-up connection at his home," the report said.

[Bornthrilla]

Better watch out, Dooms. They gone get you.

[DOOMS]

Yeah, like I'm stupid enough to download anything to a government computer. I don't even download the stuff they tell me to download. I don't even type Al-Queida for fear of getting scooped up an...