Chinese software developer faces 4 years jail time for cyberattacks against his former US employer

A software developer named David Lu has been sentenced to four years in prison in the US for creating and deploying destructive computer code on the systems of his former employer, Eaton Corporation, a report claims. As per court documents, the 55-year-old, a Chinese citizen, carried out the cyberattacks in 2019 after his responsibilities at the power management company were reduced. Lu was convicted in March by a jury in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio for intentionally damaging Eaton’s computers. The company, which is based in Beachwood, Ohio, has yet to share an official comment on the sentencing. Lu worked at Eaton, which develops power products for the aerospace, vehicle and electrical industries, as a software developer from 2007 to 2019. However, Peter Zeidenberg, the lawyer representing Lu, said that his client was disappointed with the jury’s verdict and continued to maintain his innocence.