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Developer convicted for “kill switch” code activated upon his termination (arstechnica.com)
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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A 55-year-old software developer

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Lu had worked at Eaton Corp. for about 11 years when he apparently became disgruntled by a corporate "realignment" in 2018 that "reduced his responsibilities," the DOJ said.

So he was 48 at the time he started this. Was he planning on retiring from all work at 48? I can't imagine any other employer would want to touch him with a 10ft (3.048 meters) pole after he actively sabotaged his prior employer's codebase causing global outages.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 7 points 21 hours ago

I'm sure DOGE is actively considering hiring him.