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Coder faces 10 years' jailtime for creating a 'kill switch' that screwed-up his employers' systems when he was laid off (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Probably shouldn't have put his name on it, mind.

Case file: https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/US-v-Lu-2021.pdf

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Oh, yeah, I wasn’t saying this guy was a hero or trying doing anything other than being a vindictive crook. I’m pointing out the wild disparity in punishment for things like “we crashed the whole economy and made off with billions” (no punishment and in fact gifts of tons more money) versus “I got mad at my employer and fucked up their computers for half a day” (ten years).