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Ruh-Oh, Something Bad Happened to CohnReznick’s Network (Allegedly)

Posted on by Adrienne Gonzalez
Yellow ethernet cord wrapped up on a blue background

Tip time! CohnReznick’s network is apparently contaminated and the firm has warned employees not to connect to it in the office under any circumstances (in red text and caps no less). In fact, they’ve told people to stay home just to be safe.

Tip:

All offices are working remotely with severely limited access to normal functions and systems. All internet has been turned off at the offices worldwide. Down for a couple of days now.

They’re very serious, you guys. In an email with a handy visual of the firm’s docking stations the firm says:

It is CRITICAL that you DO NOT MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO CONNECT TO THE CohnReznick NETWORK.

DO NOT REDEEM.

DO NOT REDEEM!!

According to another internal email we’ve reviewed, the firm detected unusual activity on the network and took the network servers offline “to protect our information.” There is currently no indication that client or employee data has been compromised.

The email from the office of People and Culture also gave a list of work-related activities for employees to consider while the network is down including:

  • CPA and Learning and Development via LINC, LinkedIn Learning, etc
  • Snapshot review, goal setting and coaching meetings
  • Mid-year review documentation and meetings
  • Engagement planning or budget managements
  • Client work that can be done with desktop such as excel schedules word doc memos etc

Gaming and Netflix it is, then.

So what do we think? Partner clicked a link in a sketchy email? Some idiot downloaded GTAVIfullgame.exe from a dubious website on the office internet? We’ll let you know if we hear more.

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We’ll start with P. Dubs because they seem to have had the uncanny ability to attract bad news lately:
Get the gory details, after the jump


• Satyam Fraud in India – $1b fraud, two auditors rotting in jail, Satyam throwing the Firm under the bus every chance it gets. This is the story that will definitely not go away.
• Discrimination Suit in London – GBP 40 million lawsuit, including alleged sexual harassment. P. Dubs is saying the lawsuit is “without merit” but at the very least there are a number of bigots working there.
• Rumors of PwC interns working 60 hour weeks in the New York office. Might as well give them an idea of what they’re in for, right?
• Chosen to take a suicide mission contract in Somalia to monitor the incoming aid
• Wage and hour lawsuits in California – Listed as defendant in three cases
• Huron Consulting Restatement – P. Dubs isn’t mentioned in this debacle. YET.
• Madoff exposure – listed as a defendant in over a dozen lawsuits.
As for layoffs, we haven’t heard much lately. There was a rumor that the PwC Denver office had let some associates go in the past few weeks but we don’t have any more details than that. Layoffs that have occurred in the past year at PwC we’re rumored to be of the stealth variety and not related to the recession which nobody really believes.
So, that does it for P. Dubya for now. What are we missing? Whatever office you work out of, send us the latest scoop on layoffs, performance reviews, promotions, pay raises, bonuses, juicy gossip, scandalous stories, etc. to tips@goingconcern.com and we’ll update the posts appropriately throughout the week.