Creator of HyperVM software and founder of software firm LxLabs, K.T. Ligesh, has been found dead in his Bangalore home having committed suicide - apparently hanging himself.
The tragedy occurred shortly after the company's prize product, HyperVM, experienced a severe vulnerability that caused a major data breach in which attackers targeted hosting firm Vaserv - compromising some 100,000 websites.
The 32-year-old developer - and serving president of LxLabs - was allegedly struggling with personal problems, and so authorities do not believe that the breach was solely responsible for driving him to suicide.
The incident has security firms riled, and is leading many to re-examine the way security vulnerabilities are handled, particularly previously unknown or 'zero day' flaws.