welcome
Ars Technica

Ars Technica

US Politics

US Politics

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

Ars Technica
Summary
Nutrition label

72% Informative

Davis Lu , 55 , faces up to 10 years in prison for "causing intentional damage" to protected computers.

He planted malicious code that allegedly cost Eaton Corp. hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses.

Lu named these codes using the Japanese word for destruction, " Hakai ," and the Chinese word for lethargy.

VR Score

65

Informative language

59

Neutral language

68

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

71

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Affiliate links

no affiliate links