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Developer convicted for “kill switch” code activated upon his termination (arstechnica.com)
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[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

allegedly costing hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses.

Also it's sabotage, which might attract heavier penalties than mere theft?

[–] booly@sh.itjust.works 14 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Actually for federal sentencing, property destruction is punished under the same table as theft. It's mostly measured from the amount of loss to the victims, whether the person actually profited from it or not.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 14 hours ago

Fair enough.

Having known victims of vandalism I can say it hurts more than theft.