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Engineer sentenced for locking over 3,000 devices on employer network
First reported Source: BleepingComputerLast editorial activity
What happened
A former core infrastructure engineer at an industrial company headquartered in New Jersey was sentenced to 32 months in prison for locking thousands of devices on his employer's network in a ransomware (software that locks up files and demands payment)-style attack.
Sources & evidence
- BleepingComputer Reporting source
Engineer sentenced for locking over 3,000 devices on employer network ↗
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/engineer-sentenced-for-locking-thousands-of-devices-on-employer-network/