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Developer guilty of using kill switch to sabotage employer’s systems

A software developer, Davis Lu, has been found guilty of sabotaging his former employer’s systems by installing custom malware and a “kill switch”. After being demoted at the Ohio-based Eaton Corporation, Lu caused system disruption such as running “infinite loops”, deleting user profiles and triggering a “kill switch” that blocked all users, leading to substantial company losses. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment.

Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com –

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