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Former Employee Sentenced for Stealing Confidential Data and Extorting Company

2 pointsby Jocundabout 2 years ago

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Jocundabout 2 years ago
Full title was too long for post: Former Employee Of Technology Company Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Stealing Confidential Data And Extorting Company For Ransom<p>The Verge reports that the employee worked for Ubiquiti. He was caught because his IP address was exposed &quot;during an internet outage...[that] disrupted his VPN&quot;. I assume he had a software-based VPN&#x2F;firewall that crashed while he was stealing data from Ubiquiti.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theverge.com&#x2F;2023&#x2F;2&#x2F;3&#x2F;23584414&#x2F;ubiquiti-developer-guilty-extortion-hack-security-breach-bitcoin-ransom" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theverge.com&#x2F;2023&#x2F;2&#x2F;3&#x2F;23584414&#x2F;ubiquiti-develope...</a>