Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)

History

2021: Purchase of transport company Kansas City Southern for $31 billion

In mid-September 2021, Canadian rail operator Canadian Pacific bought the Kansas City Southern transportation company. The transaction amount reaches $31 billion. More details here.

2017: IT employee avenged the dismissal of sabotage

A former IT employee of the US-Canadian railway operator Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) avenged the sabotage for the dismissal. Due to the actions of the man, the company's work was disrupted, which resulted in losses of several tens of thousands of dollars. This was announced in October 2017 by Bleeding Computer.^[1]

Canadian Pacific Railway damage from the actions of a former employee is estimated at $30,000.

46-year-old American Christopher Victor Grupe, who worked at CPR from September 2013 to December 2015, was kicked out for non-compliance with subordination: the man skandered with his leader. The IT employee was first suspended and then fired. At the request of the Group, he was allowed to write a letter of resignation of his own free will from December 15, 2015.

The man had a service laptop at his disposal, which he used for work. On December 17, the Group returned the computer, but later it turned out that the former employee using a laptop penetrated the company's switches and deleted several administrator accounts, and changed passwords in the remaining accounts. To cover his tracks, Gruppe erased the logs and completely cleared the hard drive of the service laptop.

A few weeks later, around January 6, 2016, CPR employees began to have difficulty accessing the network. Attempts to rectify the situation did not lead to anything, since no one could log in. To resolve the problem and investigate, it was necessary to involve third-party specialists in the field of computer security. It was only possible to restore accounts the next day. The CPR estimated the financial implications due to the failure at about $30,000.

As it turned out, the woeful avenger did not remove all evidence of his sabotage and was exposed. In April 2017, he was charged with intentionally causing damage to the Canadian Pacific Railway. On October 6, 2017, the court found Christopher Victor Grupe guilty of this crime.^[2]