It’s the early 1990s, and this pilot fish works at a hospital that takes security seriously for its minicomputer.

“The computer room had one entrance through a secured room to the main floor of the hospital,” fish says. “The glass was steel reinforced safety glass. The operators could enter the computer room via a locked door that had a mechanical cipher lock.

“One day, during some required maintenance, user access to the computer was shut down. The operator on duty took the opportunity to take a smoke break.

“Upon his return, he discovered that the mechanical lock had broken. This was the less-expensive lock without the backup regular cylinder lock.

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