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Texas man faces prison for activating ‘kill switch’ on former employer’s network


Software developer Davis Lu was found guilty of sabotaging the company's systems.

Texas software developer Davis Lu faces up to 10 years in prison after a federal jury convicted him of “causing intentional damage” to his former employer’s network. When Lu left the company on September 9, 2019, the kill switch activated, causing widespread system disruptions affecting thousands of employees globally. The Justice Department said Lu caused the company “hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses.”

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