Imagine being so done with your job that you turn into a real-life tech supervillain. Meet Davis Lu, the software developer who decided that if he was going down, he was taking the company’s servers with him. After years of corporate realignment (a fancy term for “we’re about to ruin your life”), Lu installed a “kill switch” that would unleash digital chaos if he was ever fired. And guess what? It worked. The result? Hundreds of thousands in losses, a federal trial, and a legacy that would make even the most disgruntled office worker proud.

Man Installed “Kill Switch” So That If He Was Ever Fired, All Hell Would Break Loose