Security News > 2024 > August > Feds claim sinister sysadmin locked up thousands of Windows workstations, demanded ransom

Sordid search history 'evidence' in case that could see him spend 35 years for extortion and wire fraud A former infrastructure engineer who allegedly locked IT department colleagues out of their employer's systems, then threatened to shut down servers unless paid a ransom, has been arrested and charged after an FBI investigation.…

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