A software developer has been found guilty of sabotaging his ex-employer's systems by running custom malware and installing a "kill switch" after being demoted at the company.

The kill switch code he added was named "IsDLEnabledinAD," an abbreviation for "Is Davis Lu enabled in Active Directory." As the name suggests, it checked that Lu's account was enabled in the ...

If the kill switch engages, it means you aren't able to immediately access the internet unprotected by the VPN. You can't accidentally surf the web and share sensitive data with others.

If you use a VPN, you’ve likely come across the kill-switch feature. But you may not know what it actually does or why you’d want to use it. A VPN’s kill switch is one of the first features ...

This kill switch, the DOJ said, appeared to have been created by Lu because it was named "IsDLEnabledinAD," which is an apparent abbreviation of "Is Davis Lu enabled in Active Directory." ...