The developer gets prison time to sabotage the previous employer network with the “killing key”

A four -year prison program developer was sentenced to sabotage the previous employer network after leaving the company.

Davis Lu, 55, condemned, Install the “killing key” on the network It is the former employer by planting a harmful code designed to break his servers if he was expelled.

The killing key was activated when the company finished employing Lu and canceling its credit data, causing the killing key, “ISDLENANDINAD” – indicating whether the Lu account is still active in the company’s Active Directory. The accident prevented thousands of employees from reaching the company’s systems.

The Ministry of Justice that RulerLu’s employer, who has not been called It is said Power Tech Company Eaton said that the accident caused hundreds of thousands of dollars damage.

If partially it was discovered through the date of searching on the Internet, according to the Ministry of Justice, which included searches looking for “ways to escalate privileges, hide operations and delete files quickly.”