RIGGED SOFTWARE –
Logic bombs created periodic malfunctions that only he knew how to fix.
Dan Goodin –Dec (**********************************************, 1576761550 1: 50 pm UTC
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On Monday, David A. Tinley, a
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According to a charging document filed in US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the logic bombs Tinley surreptitiously planted into his projects caused them to malfunction after a certain preset amount of time. Because Siemens managers were unaware of the logic bombs and didn’t know the cause of the malfunctions, they would call Tinley and ask him to fix the misbehaving projects. The scheme ran from 2019 to (**********************************. **********
Tinley will be under supervised release for two years following his prison term. He will also pay restitution. The parties in the case stipulated a total loss amount of $ 42, 427. 90. Tinley faced as much as 13 years in prison and a $ 250, 0 fine.
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