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Tech contractor for Brightly Software sentenced to 2 years in prison for insider attack
Cameron Nicholas Curry, a data analyst contractor at Brightly Software, was sentenced to two years in prison for an insider attack in late 2023. Curry stole corporate data including employee compensation information, sent threatening emails demanding a $2.5 million ransom, and ultimately extorted the company for $7,540.92 before being caught through operational security failures. He was convicted on six counts of extortion after the publicly traded company reported the breach to the FBI in December 2023.
Why it matters: Organizations that hire contractors and grant them access to sensitive employee data face insider threat exposure; this case shows how inadequate vetting and access controls can enable extortion attempts that threaten both company reputation and employee privacy.
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