The people in charge of the program are getting fired, and an outside consulting firm is being hired to investigate. So, I imagine there will be a follow up later on with more details on that front.
It doesn’t inspire confidence that there wasn’t the oversight to prevent this however. These are human remains, not widgets.
The networking is most valuable. I have my career because of being contacted via LinkedIn. It’s also a good tool to monitor certain trends if you have a decent network. For instance, if you are thinking of taking a job with company A, but nobody you know of who went there lasted longer than a year, you know it’s probably not a good place to work.