Ohio-based company reportedly Eaton Corporation hit by network compromise
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Ohio-based company suffered a Windows network sabotage that used custom malware and a kill switch to lock out employees, disrupting production systems and affecting thousands of users. The compromise matters because it shows insider access being used to trigger broad operational disruption at a single organization.
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22.08.2025 02:46 1 articles · 9mo ago
Kill switch locks out users at Ohio-based company
Victim Impact UpdateWhen Davis Lu's employment was terminated and his Active Directory account was disabled on September 9, 2019, the IsDLEnabledinAD kill switch activated and locked thousands of users out of their systems.
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- Dev gets 4 years for creating kill switch on ex-employer's systems — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 22.08.2025 02:46
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22.08.2025 02:46 1 articles · 9mo ago
Four-year prison sentence for Windows network sabotage
Legal Policy Action UpdateDavis Lu was sentenced to four years in prison after the DOJ said he sabotaged his former employer's Windows production environment with custom malware, an infinite Java thread loop, and a kill switch named IsDLEnabledinAD that locked out users when his account was disabled.
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- Dev gets 4 years for creating kill switch on ex-employer's systems — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 22.08.2025 02:46