Former Engineer Gets 32 Months Prison for Hacking Employer and Demanding Bitcoin (BTC) Ransom
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A disgruntled former core infrastructure engineer at a New Jersey industrial company sabotaged the firm's computer network and extorted employees with a large Bitcoin (BTC) ransom demand. The U.S. Department of Justice says 59-year-old Missouri man Daniel Rhyne pleaded guilty to a two-count information that charged him with extortion in relation to a threat to cause damage to a protected computer and intentional damage to a protected computer. In or around November 2023, Rhyne took steps to execute a scheme to hack his employer's computer network and extort the firm into paying a ransom.
Source: The Daily Hodl
