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The Register, Friday, April 3rd, 2026

Contractor Quaffed His Way Through Y2K Compliance While The Client Scowled

Vol 337 · Issue 1 · 2026-04-03

Easter means today is a holiday in much of the Reg-reading world, but that won't stop us from delivering another instalment of On Call - the reader contributed column that shares your tech support stories. To mark the occasion, The Register has revisited our mailbag of holiday-adjacent stories to tell the tale of a reader we'll Regomize as "Marcus," who told us he worked as a contractor for a "very large, very blue, blue-chip company" in the Netherlands and helped it prepare for Y2K.

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Contractor Quaffed His Way Through Y2K Compliance While The Client Scowled

The Register, Thursday, April 2nd, 2026

The Company's Biggest Security Hole Lived In The Breakroom

Vol 337 · Issue 1 · 2026-04-02

Welcome to Pwned, The Register's new column, where we highlight the worst infosec own goals so you can, hopefully, protect against them. Caffeine is an essential tool for most IT defenders, so, on balance, we're sure it has protected against a lot more exploits than it has caused. But in this case, the desire for everyone's favorite stimulant led to a massive breach.

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The Company's Biggest Security Hole Lived In The Breakroom