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Developer convicted for “kill switch” code activated upon his termination

arstechnica.com Developer convicted for “kill switch” code activated upon his termination

Software developer plans to appeal after admitting to planting malicious code.

Developer convicted for “kill switch” code activated upon his termination

Technology @lemmy.world WetBeardHairs @lemmy.world 2d ago

Developer convicted for “kill switch” code activated upon his termination

arstechnica.com /tech-policy/2025/03/fired-coder-faces-10-years-for-revenge-kill-switch-he-named-after-himself/

Developer convicted for “kill switch” code activated upon his termination

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Criminal Justice and Crime @lemmy.world jeffw @lemmy.world 2d ago

Developer convicted for “kill switch” code activated upon his termination

arstechnica.com /tech-policy/2025/03/fired-coder-faces-10-years-for-revenge-kill-switch-he-named-after-himself/

Developer convicted for “kill switch” code activated upon his termination

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Tldr; Dude is facing 10 years for an active directory user removal event handler that loop bombed their system.