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Mar 18, 2025 · Information Security
Inside the ‘Dead‑Man Switch’: How a 55‑Year‑Old Engineer Sabotaged Eaton’s Servers
A 55‑year‑old programmer at Eaton embedded a malicious Java loop that monitors his Azure AD account and, once disabled after his layoff, triggers an endless thread creation that crashes servers, blocks thousands of employees, and leads to a costly legal case.
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