Darknet Diaries

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Darknet Diaries 0804

A $250,000 Salary Wasn't Enough, So He Extorted His Own Company

Ubiquiti's cloud team lead decided $250,000 a year was not enough, staged an intrusion into his own company and demanded 25 bitcoin — and was pinned down by a MAC address logged by his own Ubiquiti router. Six years in prison.

7 Points 6 Quotes Insider AttackCorporate Extortion