The Pentagon Denies the F-35 Has a Kill Switch, but Its Software Demands Amount to the Same Thing
Buying an F-35 is a lot like buying a Tesla. Buyers are locked into an ecosystem with complicated software that’s required to ...
Texas man faces prison for activating ‘kill switch’ on former employer’s network
Texas software developer Davis Lu faces up to 10 years in prison after a federal jury convicted him of “causing intentional ...
Developer faces decade in prison for installing kill switch in former employer's network
Houston resident Davis Lu started working for power management company Eaton Corporation. His work life went well until 2018, ...
Developer convicted for “kill switch” code activated upon his termination
This kill switch, the DOJ said, appeared to have been created by Lu because it was named "IsDLEnabledinAD," which is an ...
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Texas man faces prison for activating 'kill switch' on former employer's network
Lu is accused of creating and implementing a "kill switch" that would lock out all of the company's employees from the network if Lu's credentials were ever deactivated. Prosecutors say Lu named ...
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Disgruntled Employee Found Guilty of Adding 'Kill Switch' to Company Network
But in 2018, a “corporate realignment” reduced his responsibilities and system access, which led him to secretly sabotage the ...
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Disgruntled Software Developer Deployed a “Kill Switch” That Crashed His Former Employer’s Network. He Now Faces 10 Years in Prison
The U.S. Department of Justice announced the verdict on Friday, revealing that Lu’s actions disrupted operations for ...
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'Kill switch': Software developer convicted for damaging employer's computer systems
A software developer in Texas has been convicted for developing a "kill switch" code that damaged his former employer's ...
Coder faces 10 years' jailtime for creating a 'kill switch' that screwed-up his employers' systems when he was laid off
A 55 year-old man from Texas has been convicted by a jury of "causing intentional damage to protected computers" owned by his ...
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The F-35 ‘Kill Switch’: Separating Myth from Reality
With heightened tensions between Europe and the United States over NATO and Ukraine, the myth of an F-35 "kill switch", which would supposedly allow the ...