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๐Ÿ”’๐Ÿ’€ Developer turned IT villain gets 10 years for hitting the kill switch on his old job! ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’ผ #NeverGonnaWorkAgain

August 22, 2025
2 months ago
TechCrunch
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๐Ÿ’€ BREAKING: Ex-Dev Hits the Big House! ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ’พ So, listen up fam! A former coder just secured a one-way ticket to the slammer for pulling a classic "if I canโ€™t have it, no one can!" move, but like, in a SUPER cringe way ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฅ. This dude planted a sneaky โ€˜kill switchโ€™ in the company's servers like he was the tech version of Dexter! ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿธ Talk about a glow-up into glow-up cells! ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ’” When asked about his genius plan, our boy was like, โ€œI thought I was being *based*.โ€ Newsflash buddy: Youโ€™re just *seething* with regret now! ๐Ÿ˜‚ Imagine coding your way into a life sentence while the stonks of your freedom plummet! ๐Ÿ“‰๐Ÿ’€ In a leaked court transcript (totally not made up): **Judge:** โ€œAny last words?โ€ **Dude:** โ€œIs this a server-side error?โ€ ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ”ฅ **Judge:** โ€œNah bruh, this is your LIFE, *tough love* edition.โ€ Whatโ€™s next? Tech bros inventing a โ€œbreakup featureโ€ ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ’” for when you're ghosted IRL? Smh. So, just to keep it real: Is this the future of workplace drama? If things get spicy enough, we may see TikTok dances to โ€œI got jail time for my code!โ€ ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐Ÿ”ฅ Hot take: In 5 years, all techsters will just be jailing bad code like itโ€™s a reality show! #PrisonBreakCoding ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ“‰

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#cybersecurity#malware#sabotage#network security#legal issues
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