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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
In a case that reads like a corporate thriller, a 55-year-old software developer has been convicted of sabotaging his former employer’s computer systems, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in ...
What Is a VPN Kill Switch and Why Do You Need One? Your email has been sent A virtual private network encrypts internet traffic and masks IP addresses to protect user privacy. If the VPN connection ...
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What is a VPN kill switch?
Generally, when using a VPN, it is recommended to enable the kill switch. You may not notice a loss of a VPN connection—or if ...
We all, at some point, have fantasized about giving our employers a big middle finger on the way out the door, whether we leave on our own volition or are pushed out. Well, a 55-year-old Texas man ...
After a total wait even longer than his prison sentence and being convicted in March, former software developer Davis Lu has finally been sentenced for a malware kill switch scheme he deployed in 2019 ...
For most of us, getting revenge on a company that screwed us over will only ever be a bitter daydream. But when one company messed with the wrong man, he decided to make good on that fantasy, turning ...
A Chinese national living in Texas was sentenced on Thursday to four years in prison and three years of supervised release for installing malicious code on his former employer’s systems, including a ...
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