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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Developer convicted for “kill switch” code activated upon his termination

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Developer convicted for “kill switch” code activated upon his termination

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Software developer plans to appeal after admitting to planting malicious code.

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Literally the same day as HP *activating a “kill switch” code for their printers.
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  what happened?
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