Texas MAN faces prison for activating “ Kill Switch ” on the network of the former employer

Texas software developer Davis Lu, risks up to 10 years in prison after a federal jury found him guilty of “causing intentional damage” to the network of his former employer.

According to The Ministry of JusticeRead, 55, began to sabotage His employer’s systems After a 2018 corporate restructuring, Lu left reduced responsibilities and access to the system.

Reading is accused of having created and implemented a “killing switch” which would lock all the employees of the network of the network if the References of LUs were never deactivated. The prosecutors say that LU has named the Kill Switch code “Isdlenabledinad”, referring to the question of whether the LU account is activated in the Active Directory of the Company.

When Lu left the company on September 9, 2019, the Switch Kill Switch has activated, causing generalized disruptions of the system affecting thousands of employees worldwide. The Ministry of Justice said that LE had caused the company “hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses”.

The conviction is set for June 23, according to the court of the court.