Bleeping Computer reported:
28-year-old Ashley Liles, a former IT employee, has been sentenced to over three years in prison for attempting to blackmail his employer during a ransomware attack.
To deceive the company, he impersonated the ransomware gang extorting them. He tried to redirect the ransomware payments by switching the cybercriminals' cryptocurrency wallet to one under his control.
However, the company didn't comply with the attackers' demands, and internal investigations during that period exposed Liles' unauthorized access to confidential emails while using the Internet connection at this home.
Liles was sentenced to three years and seven months in prison "for blackmail and unauthorised access to a computer with intent to commit other offences."
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