- Published
- Source
- Bitdefender
- Filed under
- Phishing & scams, Law & courts
An infrastructure engineer used his knowledge of his employer’s network to lock administrators out, disrupt servers and demand $750,000 in Bitcoin. He will now spend almost three years behind bars. A former infrastructure engineer who turned his privileged access against his employer, sabotaging its computer network before demanding ransom, has been sentenced to 32 months…
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- Forward suspicious emails to report@phishing.gov.uk – the NCSC uses the reports to take scam sites down.
- Forward scam texts to 7726, free on most UK networks.
- Never share a one-time code, and check any request for money by calling a number you already trust.
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