Alibaba fires 4 employees for hacking system and hoarding mooncakes
 

Alibaba fires 4 employees for hacking system and hoarding mooncakes
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It's the Mid-Autumn Festival and people are taking their mooncakes really, really seriously.

Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba said it fired four employees 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


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...

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