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That’s one way to go out.

A disgruntled software developer implemented a software “kill switch” at his job that was designed to lock out all users at his company when he was terminated, according to a Department of Justice press release reported on by Ars Technica. It did activate when he was terminated in 2019 and “impacted thousands of company users globally,” the DOJ says.

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