Davis Lu Sentenced to Four Years for Insider 'Kill Switch' Attack on Employer

A disgruntled worker built his own kill-switch malware to take down his former employer - and it didn't pay off

Once again, malicious insiders prove as dangerous as outside threats, if not more.

Disgruntled Employee Gets 4 Years for 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.

Chinese national sentenced to prison for sabotaging employer's systems with 'kill switch'

Chinese national Davis Lu has been sentenced to four years in prison for installing malicious code on former employer's systems, causing hundreds of thousands in damages.

Chinese National Sentenced to 4 Years for ‘Kill Switch’ Computer Code on Employer’s Network

A federal judge in Ohio sentenced a Chinese national to four years in prison on Aug. 21 for sabotaging his former employer’s network with malicious computer code, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Davis Lu, 55, a legal resident in Houston, was convicted by a Cleveland jury of causing intentional damage to protected computers in March. According to a sentencing memorandum filed by prosecutors in early August, the victim is the Ohio-ba…

Man Installed "Kill Switch" So That If He Was Ever Fired, All Hell Would Break Loose

A multinational energy company found out it messed with the wrong employee, after the disgruntled man's antics disrupted the whole operation.

Dev gets 4 years for creating kill switch on ex-employer's systems

A software developer has been sentenced to four years in prison for sabotaging his ex-employer's Windows network with custom malware and a kill switch that locked out employees when his account was disabled.