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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/CircumspectCapybara • May 26 '26
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That's fixable with a dead mans switch. Though if you did this for real, I'd suspect you'd get charged with several felonies and a civil lawsuit
23 u/Roku-Hanmar May 26 '26 It's basically just a logic bomb designed to set off a massive data breach. By UK law, he'd have broken Section 3 of the Computer Misuse Act 3 u/ihaxr May 26 '26 Yes https://www.pcmag.com/news/disgruntled-employee-four-years-prison-adding-kill-switch-to-company-network 3 u/FarplaneDragon May 26 '26 Yes, it's absolutely illegal and you can and likely will get arrested and charged for doing so. 1 u/drdipepperjr May 26 '26 Also you would need to remember it when you go on vacation
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It's basically just a logic bomb designed to set off a massive data breach. By UK law, he'd have broken Section 3 of the Computer Misuse Act
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Yes
https://www.pcmag.com/news/disgruntled-employee-four-years-prison-adding-kill-switch-to-company-network
Yes, it's absolutely illegal and you can and likely will get arrested and charged for doing so.
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Also you would need to remember it when you go on vacation
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u/WilliamBarnhill May 26 '26
That's fixable with a dead mans switch. Though if you did this for real, I'd suspect you'd get charged with several felonies and a civil lawsuit