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Chinese national life in Texas He was sentenced on Thursday to four years of imprisonment and three -year control over the malicious code on his former employer systems, including a “murder switch” that recorded workers when his account was disabled.
Davis Lou-55-year-old man who is legally residing in Houston-was convicted in March on intentionally damage protective computers while working as a software developer for the company based US Justice Ministry.
As noted in the issue, the company lost hundreds of thousands of dollars, as noted in the issue.
Photo File: Lou, which worked in the company from 2007 to 2019, began to blow up the system of its employer after the 2018 corporate restructuring, which reduced the system and work responsibilities. (Istock)
‘Defendant violated his employer’s trust using his access and technical knowledge for sabotage The network of the companyApplying chaos and causing hundreds of thousands of losses for the US company, “said Matthew R. Galeoti in a statement, who is acting assistant at the Criminal Division in Doj.
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LU – which worked for almost twelve years – began to blow up the systems of its employer after the 2018 corporate restructuring, reduced access to the system and work responsibilities. Until August 2019 he planted malicious code This caused as a result of the system failures and blocked the staff as noted in the issue.
Photo file: Matthew R. Galeoti appears during a press conference at the Ministry of Justice in Washington, Colombia County, June 30, 2025. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/Photo file)
It deleted the employees’ profiles, created “endless loops”, which were overloaded with the servers and built a “switch” designed to close all users when its account was disabled. He called “Kill the switch“The Code” isdenabledinad “, abbreviation”, “is Davis Lu included in Active Directory,” Doj reports.
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This “switch” was launched in September 2019, when Lou was placed on vacation and ordered to return the laptop of his company, instantly closing thousands of users around the world, reports.
The logo of the US Department of Justice or the seal, which shows the headquarters of the Ministry of Justice, known as “Main Justice”, is observed at the rostrum of the department’s headquarters before the press conference with the Prosecutor General in Washington, January 24, 2023. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/Photo file)
On the day he was ordered to return his laptop, Lou also destroyed encrypted data from the company’s systems. His search story showed that he investigated how to hide the processes, escalate privileges and quickly erase the files – assuming an attempt to slow down the restoration efforts, Doj reports.
“I am proud of the FBI -Cyber’s work, which has led to today’s sentence and hope that he sends a strong message to others who may consider participating in similar illegal activities,” a statement by the Division’s assistant at the Federal Bureau (FBI) said in a statement. “This case also emphasizes the importance of detecting insider threats early and emphasizes the need for active interaction with the FBI local field office to mitigate the risks and prevent further damage.”
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