Whodunnit? Cybercrook gets 6 years for ransoming his own employer – Naked Security
In December 2020, a cyberextortion case unfolded in a typical fashion, with an unknown attacker breaking into a network via an unknown security hole, acquiring sysadmin powers, stealing confidential data, and covering their tracks. However, the situation took an unexpected turn when the attacker demanded 50 Bitcoins (then worth about $2,000,000) to hush things up…
