News and articles on the topic Eaton Corporation

Developer built a "kill switch" into Eaton's network in case of release and received 4 years in prison

News WTF 08-23-2025 comment
What could be worse than losing an interesting and profitable job? Losing your job and then being imprisoned for sabotaging your former employer’s network. Yes, not every revenge story ends with a happy ending, as depicted in Hollywood blockbusters.

A fired developer planted malware in the company's IT systems — wanted revenge, but got 10 years in prison

News IT business 03-10-2025 comment
Davis Lu, a 55-year-old developer, had been working for Eaton Corporation for 12 years and was facing redundancy in 2019 — but he decided he wouldn’t quit so easily and left his management and colleagues with a «parting surprise».

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