Davis Lu, of Houston, Texas, has been found guilty of intentionally causing damage to the computer systems of his ex-employer, and could face up to 10 years in prison.

The logic bomb was embedded with legitimate code and set to launch at 9 a.m. on Jan. 31, but was impeded when another Fannie Mae engineer discovered the malware several days after it was planted.

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 ...

The company used these spreadsheets to manage orders for electrical equipment. Tinley planted so-called "logic bombs" in the spreadsheets, the government alleged. Logic bombs are bits of malicious ...