LOGIC BOMB

A Logic Bomb is a piece of often-malicious code that is intentionally inserted into

software. It is activated upon the host network only when certain conditions are met.

Logic bombs execute their functions, or launch their payload, once a certain condition is

met such as upon the termination of an employee. This makes their presence

undetected until it executes their function, which can range from inflicting harm through

files deletion to self-propagation to the unusual, in the case of a 2019 attack by a

software vendor. The perpetrator was a contractor for Siemens Corporation who placed

a logic bomb into software that required it to fail at intervals to elicit service calls, for

which he was paid time and again.

Roger Duronio, a UBS sysadmin, served 8 years, 1 month and ordered to pay $3.1

million in restitution to the bank. Duronio had deployed a logic bomb against the

financial institution’s network, damaging it, however since his 2006 scheme involved

devaluing the company’s stock, a kind of securities fraud, his sentence was was lengthy

for a computer crime.

Logic bombs can also take effect on the target system upon a certain date — e.g. 2000,

Y2K — and these are termed time bombs.

References:

https://www.hypr.com/logic-bomb/