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 former employer, Eaton Corp, after creating malicious code that sabotaged elements of the company’s network alongside a “kill switch” designed to shut down everything if he were laid off. The US Department of…