Ex-Developer Jailed Four Years for Sabotaging Ohio Employer with Kill-Switch Malware

A 55-year-old Chinese national, Davis Lu, has been sentenced to four years in prison for sabotaging his former employer’s network with custom malware, which included a kill switch that locked out employees after his account was disabled. Convicted of damaging protected computers, Lu’s actions resulted in significant disruption to the company’s operations.

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