I would be willing to bet it’s been up a long time. His death, for any reason, natural or assisted, will trigger the release.
I’m hoping the man survives this, but not thinking he will with all that must be going on. And if it happens, I hope his “insurance policy” brings down the House...and all the others connected to the newer insurance policy.
I think the switch (dead man or otherwise) was prevented/defeated with the massive DDOS that was done with the IOT devices.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Dyn_cyberattack
Save that prick, he’s useful!