# IT and Global Politics - The Chaos Of Your Sales Team Being Arrested For Industrial Espionage

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Podcast: [IT Horror Stories with Jack Smith](https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-horror-stories-with-jack-smith-7324626)
Published: 2025-08-04T10:04:00+00:00
Episode link: https://blog.ithorrorstories.eu/episode-4-it-and-global-politics/
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A pharmaceutical sales team is detained at an international border. On their tablets: standard product brochures that end up in an escalation into allegations of industrial espionage. In this episode, we unpack how a well-intentioned directive to preload sales materials onto devices as per strategic choices made in boardrooms can unravel on tarmacs and in detention rooms. Back home, the IT team is asleep—until the CIO calls in the middle of the night and it's on IT to contain the fallout of a crisis they didn't create. Want even more info ? Read our show notes and related blog post related to this episode : https://blog.ithorrorstories.eu/episode-4-it-and-global-politics/ All other links and socials : https://links.ithorrorstories.eu/ 00:00 Welcome & Banter 01:16 IT Horror Story Begins 08:12 Global Politics Clash 13:56 The Crisis Call 18:44 Smart Solution 24:33 Lessons Learned 31:47 Wrap Up

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