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ransomware
Engineer sentenced for locking over 3,000 devices on employer network
A former core infrastructure engineer at a New Jersey-based industrial company was sentenced to 32 months in prison for conducting a ransomware-style attack that locked over 3,000 devices on the employer's network. The engineer exploited his privileged access to execute the attack before his departure from the company.
Why it matters: Industrial companies and enterprises should audit privileged account access and offboarding procedures; insider threats from departing infrastructure staff pose significant operational risk.
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ransomware
Engineer sentenced for locking over 3,000 devices on employer network
A former core infrastructure engineer at a New Jersey-based industrial company was sentenced to 32 months in prison for conducting a ransomware-style attack that locked over 3,000 devices on the employer's network. The engineer exploited his privileged access to execute the attack before his departure from the company.
Why it matters: Industrial companies and enterprises should audit privileged account access and offboarding procedures; insider threats from departing infrastructure staff pose significant operational risk.
- Source published
- First seen by Cybersecurity Tracker