John is the storage administrator for a multi-national company. Although business is good, the purchasing department at MMI is under heavy pressure to get the best possible prices for all office supplies. Last year, they substantially reduced their costs for laser printer consumables by purchasing recycled and refurbished toner cartridges from various online sources. So, they purchased "recertified" tape media for their data center. John objected but was overruled by Jane, the purchasing manager, who was given a direct order from the CEO to reduce costs. The company saved 30% on their recent recertified tape media purchases; but with it, came another unexpected expense as a result of its use. After importing a set of these "recertified" tapes into their automated library, one of them jammed in a tape drive during the weekly full backup operation. The backup job failed, and before it could be re-run, the company was hit hard by the Mydoom Worm, which infected its computers, sending thousands of infected e-mails to its branch offices, customers and partners. The CEO was not pleased and the company found that several of the unused recertified tapes contained the virus.
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