Last Week Around the -ISTs
Schieffer's Out of Gov Race
Mediabistro's AgencySpy broke news this afternoon that an as-of-yet-unnamed creative director at Austin's own GSD&M was fired last Friday after pulling a not-so-bright stunt. It seems that this CD created a GMail address in the name of the Executive Creative Director, and then went on to send out emails to other creative department employees about salary and other information relating to their department -- all under the ECD's name, mind you.
This got Roy Spence, company founder and president, so hopping mad that he is rumored to have used his government contacts to find out from which IP address these emails were sent. It pays to have friends in high places (*cough* Clintons *cough*). The fraudulent address was allegedly found to be related to the unnamed Creative Director, and he/she is (also allegedly) no longer allowed in the building.
At the moment this is just a nice tasty bit of gossip, but perhaps there is more than a kernel of truth to this rumor.
[AgencySpy Exclusive: GSD&M's Fires CD over E-Mail Scandal; Internal Paranoia Skyrockets]
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Really - government contacts? Why not just call IT and have them check it out like every other company...
I wish I could say I was surprised, but I spent 5+ years at GSD&M and, well, yeah...
Though I have to admit, the federal warrant is a new one.
View full headers in any email and you'll see the IP address it was sent from.
Seth
The Roy Spence part of the story just isn't true. The guy has more important things to do than get involved in what amounts to a low-level personnel matter. Besides, you don't need to call in any political favors to have a case of fraud investigated.
Agreed. I've been witness to a "fake" account sending an e-mail to a company address and that person was promptly fired a few hours later. No government involvement needed. Sounds like a sensationalism to me.