Angry IT admin wipes employer’s databases, gets 7 years in prison

> However, he was largely ignored, as the leaders of his department never approved the security project he proposed to run."

Seems an overkill way to get the concern addressed. I imagine backing up the records for one or all of the managers ignoring him and then deleting the live copy would have gotten the attention he wanted with less of the consequences. Perhaps there wasn't a way to do that without logging into his own account.