A 55-year-old software developer faces up to 10 years in prison for deploying malicious code that sabotaged his former employer’s network, allegedly costing hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses.

The US Department of Justice announced Friday that Davis Lu was convicted by a jury after “causing intentional damage to protected computers” reportedly owned by the Ohio- and Dublin-based power management company Eaton Corp.

  • @[email protected]English
    12•2 days ago

    You gotta write code that just “happens” to break when you’re fired, like evaling code from your HR profile that disappears when you’re fired. Then it’s not a kill switch, it’s just super-configurable!

    • themeatbridge
      10•2 days ago

      I mean, I do that but unintentionally. I’m a terrible developer.