美国62岁程序员David Tinley因在雇主软件里植入逻辑炸弹而被判刑十年，罚款25万美元。Tinley是西门子美国分布的合同工，为公司提供管理电子设备订单的自动化电子表格程序。但是，他在软件中植入了逻辑炸弹，从而使得该软件每过数年会产生问题。一旦发生问题，西门子公司则不得不花钱让Tinley去修复这些问题。而Tinley的行为在一次紧急订单的处理中被发现：因当时的情况，西门子公司有权向Tinley获得了他的电脑密码，从而发现了程序中的逻辑炸弹。

Contractor pleads guilty to planting 'logic bomb' in client's software

David Tinley faces a fine of up to $250,000 and ten years in prison

A contract programmer has pleaded guilty to planting a 'logic bomb' in spreadsheets he put together for Siemens in the US

A contractor has pleaded guilty to planting a "logic bomb" in a client's software in a bid to receive extra work from the company every few years. David Tinley, a 62-year-old contract programmer from...