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Developer convicted for "kill switch" code activated upon his termination (arstechnica.com)
11 points by hilux on March 11, 2025 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


Developer sabotaged ex-employer with kill switch that activated when fired - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43296738 - March 2025 (75 comments)


> This kill switch, the DOJ said, appeared to have been created by Lu because it was named "IsDLEnabledinAD," which is an apparent abbreviation of "Is Davis Lu enabled in Active Directory."

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