IT Worker Admits Piggybacking on Hacker's Extortion Attempt

Analyst Altered Ransom Note, Substituting His Own Cryptocurrency Wallet Address
An IT security analyst has confessed to trying to blackmail his employer by altering ransom notes sent from a hacker to a board member and changing the cryptocurrency payment address to one he controlled. After his employer detected the unusual activity, U.K. police traced it back to the worker.

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