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IT Worker Admits Piggybacking on Hacker's Extortion Attempt
May 23, 2023, 9:16 p.m. |
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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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