Developer sabotaged ex-employer with kill switch that activated when he was let go
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A senior Eaton Corporation developer deliberately deployed Java malware and an AD-linked kill switch after being demoted in 2019, causing thousands of employees to be locked out worldwide and inflicting hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage; investigators found source code on a development server, deleted encrypted data on the developer's laptop, and the developer was later convicted.
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