The Texas man faces the Kill Switch enabled prison on the former employer network

Texas software developer Davis Lou has been in prison after a federal jury condemned him that he “causes deliberate damage” to his former employer’s network.

According to The Ministry of JusticeLu, 55, started sabotage his employer’s systems After the corporate restructuring of 2018 on the left LU with reduced responsibilities and access to the system.

LU is accused of creating and applying a “murder switch” that will lock all company employees from the network if LU identification data has ever been disabled. Prosecutors say Lou has baptized the isdlenabledinad switching code, citing whether the LU account has been activated in the company’s Active Directory.

When LU left the company on September 9, 2019, the KILL switch is activated, causing widespread system interruptions affecting thousands of employees worldwide. The Ministry of Justice said Lou had caused the company “hundreds of thousands of dollars losses.”

The sentence was set on June 23, according to the court package.