Insider Cyber Extortion Plot Against Industrial Firm Lands Engineer in Prison

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The former core infrastructure engineer deleted admin accounts, reset hundreds of passwords, and demanded 20 bitcoin to spare the company’s servers. The post Insider Cyber Extortion Plot Against Industrial Firm Lands Engineer in Prison appeared first on SecurityWeek .

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Insider Cyber Extortion Plot Against Industrial Firm Lands Engineer in Prison

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