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US computer programmer outsources his job to China !
A US companys star computer programmer reportedly outsourced his job to China so he could spend all day surfing the web.
Bob, in his 40s watched cat videos on YouTube and browsed Reddit and eBay while paying a company based in Shenyang just a fifth of his six-figure salary to do his job.
The scam came to light when Operator Verizon was asked to carry out an audit after bosses suspected a security breach on their VPN networks.
They found that the employee had set up a VPN server connection going back months so the Chinese company could log in remotely and carry out the work.
Verizons Andrew Valentine said: Authentication was no problem. He physically FedExed his RSA [security] token to China so that the third-party contractor could log-in under his credentials during his workdays. It would appear that he was working an average nine-to-five work day.
He also added, Evidences suggest he had the same scam going across multiple companies in the area. It looked like he earned several hundred thousand dollars a year, and only had to pay the Chinese consulting firm about $50,000 (£31,270) annually.
A US companys star computer programmer reportedly outsourced his job to China so he could spend all day surfing the web.
Bob, in his 40s watched cat videos on YouTube and browsed Reddit and eBay while paying a company based in Shenyang just a fifth of his six-figure salary to do his job.
The scam came to light when Operator Verizon was asked to carry out an audit after bosses suspected a security breach on their VPN networks.
They found that the employee had set up a VPN server connection going back months so the Chinese company could log in remotely and carry out the work.
Verizons Andrew Valentine said: Authentication was no problem. He physically FedExed his RSA [security] token to China so that the third-party contractor could log-in under his credentials during his workdays. It would appear that he was working an average nine-to-five work day.
He also added, Evidences suggest he had the same scam going across multiple companies in the area. It looked like he earned several hundred thousand dollars a year, and only had to pay the Chinese consulting firm about $50,000 (£31,270) annually.
