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Developer sabotaged ex-employer with kill switch that activated when he was let go (go.theregister.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

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IsDavisLuEnabledInActiveDirectory? Not any more. IsDavisLuGuilty? Yes. IsDavisLuFacingJail? Also yes A federal jury in Cleveland has found a senior software developer guilty of sabotaging his employer's systems – and he's now facing a potential ten years behind bars.…

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[–] homura1650@lemm.ee 16 points 2 weeks ago

I work in a high security industry. You'd be amazed at what you can do if you are willing to ignore the process. Our real defense against insider threats is attribution, law enforcement, and incident recovery. By the sounds of it, that is exactly what happened.