Dermot Shane wrote:there was one quietly famous incident here, where a supplier who was not paid after 180+ days went to the facility in question, removed two drives from each RAID tower...
I don't think that's kosher. To me, if somebody owes you money, you hire a lawyer and sue them. You don't sneak in and vandalize their facility, then blackmail them over it. Among other things, you could jeopardize other projects that have nothing to do with you.
BTW, I understand this kind of anger and have been through some (rare) situations where I considered all kinds of "24 / MacGiver" kinds of responses, but purely as a mental exercise. I do know of a case many years ago where a disgruntled employee snuck in and spread salt all over some circuit boards, which created mountains of problems over the next few months. And I know of other cases where master tapes "accidentally" got erased. And a situation where a disgruntled employee erased hundreds of stills being used by other employees. But none over money -- just people stirring up trouble.
Me, I keep my head down and just keep working.