Fired coder faces 10 years for revenge “kill switch” he named after himself

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Developer faces decade in prison for installing kill switch in former employer's network

In November 2007, Houston resident Davis Lu started working for power management company Eaton Corporation. His work life went well until 2018, when a company-wide corporate realignment...

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Disgruntled Employee Found Guilty of Adding 'Kill Switch' to Company Network

Annoyed by a re-org at the industrial power management company where he worked, software developer Davis Lu rigged the network to lock everyone out when his profile was disabled.

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A Dev Built a Kill Switch That Activated When He Got Fired. Now He's Convicted of Criminal Sabotage

He faces up to 10 years in prison.

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Fired coder faces 10 years for revenge “kill switch” he named after himself

Software developer plans to appeal after admitting to planting malicious code.

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Texas Man Convicted In Ohio For Cyber Attack On Former Employer: "Kill Switch" And Malicious Code

A federal jury in Cleveland has convicted a Texas man for deploying malicious code on his former employer’s network, causing significant disruption and financial losses. Davis Lu, 55, of Houston, was found guilty of causing intentional damage to protected computers. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Lu, a former software developer for […] Texas Man Convicted In Ohio For Cyber Attack On Former Employer: “Kill Switch” A…

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A programmer is facing 10 years in prison for 'planting a bomb' that crashed his former company's network.