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YouTube Shooting Proves Corporate Security Is a Companywide Responsibility

Apr 4, 2018 | 16:14 GMT

Highlights

The YouTube shooting appears to be yet another instance of ignored warning signs.
As an outsider, the shooter lacked intimate knowledge of the campus, making her vulnerable to detection as she completed the attack cycle.
A rapid response by employees and law enforcement likely helped mitigate the loss of life.

The shooter in the April 3 attack on YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, California, has been identified as 39-year-old Nasim Aghdam, ABC News reported April 4. According to information posted on her website, Aghdam was a prolific YouTube user who became enraged at the company when earnings from her YouTube channel declined. She claimed that YouTube had made it difficult to find her videos, causing them to lose viewership. According to some reports, Mountain View, California, police encountered Aghdam sleeping in her car the morning of the shooting in a park near the YouTube headquarters. Her father also reportedly had expressed concerns to the police that she was going to act on her rage at the company. If confirmed, this would make the YouTube shooting yet another instance of ignored warning signs....

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