Discovering dodgy stuff on a work computer

Sometime in the mid-noughties, heavy downloads of video files were spotted by Trilegal's IT department. The firm was still small, with a fragile internet connection. Emails and internet access had slowed down - something had to be done.

The Head of IT was asked to investigate.

He called back, short of breath. "Sir, the files are all porn!"

The firm had a no-porn-at-work policy and serious action was deemed necessary, for which the culprit needed to be identified.

This time, Head of IT was beside himself. "Sir, it's one of the Female Lawyers!"

Now, we considered ourselves both quite modern as also capable of dealing with tricky situations, but had never even contemplated that the delicate task of reprimanding a young woman for downloading porn would one day be part of our job description.

Clueless about what to do, and to share (deflect) the responsibility of this unprecedented and sensitive situation, a partner call was arranged. One of us, either because he had more of his wits about him, or because of a deeper interest in the subject matter, suggested that the downloaded files be examined more closely.

The list of files was summoned and reviewed. All the files had the same name, with a code of cryptic letters and numbers next to them.

Gray's Anatomy S1E1, Gray's Anatomy, S1E2...

Imagine our relief at realising that this was a mere copyright violation and that we would not have to confront Female Lawyer for downloading porn. She was summoned and told to lay off activity that could harm the firm's IT system and its reputation.

P.S. We are still wondering what it was about Head of IT, other than ignorance of American television dramas set in hospitals, that made him see the word "anatomy" and think OMG,"porn!".