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09-15-2016, 03:40 PM
Alibaba fires 4 employees for hacking system and hoarding mooncakes
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It's the Mid-Autumn Festival (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/mid-autumn-festival-asia/#GoYrHVULEpqX?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) and people are taking their mooncakes really, really seriously.
Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba said it fired four employees (http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/alibaba-fires-employees-mooncake-fraud) on Tuesday who were found hacking into the company's internal mooncake ordering system. They were trying to get extra boxes for themselves.
SEE ALSO: Mid-Autumn Festival in Asia kicks off with dragons, lanterns and mooncakes (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/mid-autumn-festival-asia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Every year, Alibaba prepares a limited edition set of mooncakes for its employees. Each person gets a box for free, and this year the company decided to sell the extra stock internally for people who want to give away sets to friends and family. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/alibaba-mooncake-heist/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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It's the Mid-Autumn Festival (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/mid-autumn-festival-asia/#GoYrHVULEpqX?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) and people are taking their mooncakes really, really seriously.
Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba said it fired four employees (http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/alibaba-fires-employees-mooncake-fraud) on Tuesday who were found hacking into the company's internal mooncake ordering system. They were trying to get extra boxes for themselves.
SEE ALSO: Mid-Autumn Festival in Asia kicks off with dragons, lanterns and mooncakes (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/mid-autumn-festival-asia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Every year, Alibaba prepares a limited edition set of mooncakes for its employees. Each person gets a box for free, and this year the company decided to sell the extra stock internally for people who want to give away sets to friends and family. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/alibaba-mooncake-heist/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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