Developer gets prison time for sabotaging former employer’s network with a ‘kill switch’

A former software developer has been sentenced to four years in prison for his ex -employer’s network after leaving this company.

Davis Lu, 55, was convicted Installing a “Kill Switch” on the network If he was dismissed, he planted contaminated code designed to crash his servers in his ex -employer.

When the company stopped LU’s employment and disables its credentials, the Kill Switch was activated, thereby referenced the Kill Switch, “IssDLenabledinad” – the LU account was still active in the company’s active directory. This incident has lock thousands of employees from access to the company’s system.

The judiciary, which Suit the caseLur employer said, whose name was not given Report Power Tech Agency Eaton said the incident caused thousands of dollars damage.

Lu was discovered in some parts through the history of his internet search, the judiciary said, which included searching “Enlargement -the process of hiding processes and deleting files quickly” research.