Kludge
02-28-2011, 11:04 PM
Idunno... I thought this was pretty badass.
"Slashdot points us to a fascinating story of a programmer named Marvin Wimberly, who is facing charges for sabotaging the famous Whac-A-Mole games with a logic bomb that would "break" the machines after a pre-determined number of times that it was turned on and off. The idea was that each time these broke, Wimberly would be called in for a repair. Of course, with each "repair," he'd install another logic bomb. Since he was the only one who knew the real "problem," he figured it was a form of job security. His company couldn't let him go, because no one else could fix the problem.
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Full story w/ reference links & comments @ http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110226/15223313285/programmer-faces-15-years-jail-planting-virus-that-automatically-broke-whac-a-mole-games.shtml
"Slashdot points us to a fascinating story of a programmer named Marvin Wimberly, who is facing charges for sabotaging the famous Whac-A-Mole games with a logic bomb that would "break" the machines after a pre-determined number of times that it was turned on and off. The idea was that each time these broke, Wimberly would be called in for a repair. Of course, with each "repair," he'd install another logic bomb. Since he was the only one who knew the real "problem," he figured it was a form of job security. His company couldn't let him go, because no one else could fix the problem.
..."
Full story w/ reference links & comments @ http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110226/15223313285/programmer-faces-15-years-jail-planting-virus-that-automatically-broke-whac-a-mole-games.shtml