Developer sabotaged ex-employer IT systems with kill switch • The Register (www.theregister.com)
from sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to tech@programming.dev on 10 Mar 13:24
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Akkrum@lemmy.world on 10 Mar 13:50 next collapse

Good for him!

limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 10 Mar 14:02 next collapse

Ok kids, what did we learn here? Use obfuscation in your kill switches, and place it by leaving vulnerabilities that are “accidental”.

Secondary lesson: don’t web surf on corporate laptops

The_v@lemmy.world on 10 Mar 15:13 next collapse

Not a programmer but he was absolutely terrible at hiding his tracks.

Not using any time delay in its triggering so as soon as he was laid off his gifts went off.

Using a system only he has access too.

Using the work computer to search for it and obviously develop it on a dual boot.

I mean seriously… He made no attempt to avoid being caught.

limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 10 Mar 15:49 collapse

I know the town he was convicted in, it’s not quite a bedroom community for Houston. A bit too far out. They have a problem with the police allowing firearms used in the city limits.

He was convicted by jury there

Kissaki@programming.dev on 10 Mar 15:24 collapse

Or, you know, don’t do it in the first place.

limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 10 Mar 16:19 collapse

I wouldn’t. But there are so many employers, some actually doing evil things, and in some countries sabotaging things while your department is mass fired is all the rage.

So, if one is going to do it, do it well

the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world on 10 Mar 14:25 next collapse

atta boy!

Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net on 10 Mar 14:28 collapse

Absolutely wild that he put his name in that check for his AD status. Not that there’s a way around being 100% untraceable, but at least a little bit of obfuscation would have been better.

the_crotch@sh.itjust.works on 10 Mar 16:45 collapse

Regardless of what he named his script it’s still checking his account. No amount of obfuscation would make this less stupidly obvious