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A Chinese national living in Texas was sentenced to a four -year prison on Thursday and was released under three years of supervision to establish malicious codes on the systems of his former employer, including a “Kill switch”, which shut down the workers when his account was disabled.
According to a news release by a 55-year-old man-US justice department, a 55-year-old man-based company, working as a software developer for the Ohio-based company, deliberately convicted protected computers in deliberately damaging in deliberately harmful harmful harmful harmful.
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As a result of the cyber attack, the company lost hundreds of thousands of dollars, as mentioned in the release.
File Photo: Lu, who worked in the company from 2007 to 2019, began to reduce the systems of its employer after the 2018 corporate repetition, which reduced their system access and work responsibilities. (Istock)
“The defendant violated his employer’s belief, havoc and causes a loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars for an American company,” the Assistant Attorney General of Criminal Division, Assistant Attorney General said in a statement, said in a statement.
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Lu – who worked in the company for nearly twelve years – began to reduce the systems of their employer after corporate recurrence of 2018, reducing their system access and work responsibilities. As of August 2019, he had imposed malicious code that triggers the system crash and prevent employees from logging, as mentioned in release.
File Photo: Matthew R. Geloti speaks during a press conference in the Department of Justice on Washington, DC, June 30, 2025. (Reuters/Kevin Lamark/File Photo)
He removed the profile files of colleagues, created “infinite loops”, which overwhelmed the server and built the “Kill Switch” designed to lock all users if their account was once disabled. He has given the “Kill Switch” code “isadalenabeldined,” a brief name, “Davis Lu in the active directory,” according to DOJ.
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In September 2019, the “Kill Switch” was triggered when Lu was placed on leave and said that he should return his company laptop, immediately closed thousands of users worldwide, according to release.
The logo of an American justice department or the headquarters of the Department of Justice in the seal, known as “Chief Justice”, is seen behind the podium in the department’s headquarters briefing room before a news conference with the Attorney General in Washington on 24 January 2023. (Reuters/Kevin Lamark/File Photo)
The day he was ordered to give back his laptop, Lu also erased encrypted data from the company system. His discovery history showed that he researched how to hide procedures, enhance privileges and erase files quickly – according to DOJ, trying to slow the recovery efforts.
“I am proud to work for the FBI cyber team, which has been sentenced to today and sends a strong message to others, which can consider engaging in similar illegal activities,” said Brett Lathraman said in a statement, “I am proud of the work of the FBI Cyber Team,” said Brett Lathraman in a statement. “This case also underlines the importance of identifying the dangers of the inner formula and highlights the need for active association with its local FBI area office to reduce risks and prevent further damage.”
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