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Former Ubiquiti dev pleads guilty to trying to extort his employer

by warunsl on 2/3/23, 1:23 AM with 2 comments

• by roseway4 on 2/3/23, 2:14 AM

  > The ransom note asked for 50 bitcoins (around $1.9 million at the time) in exchange for revealing the vulnerability used to breach the network and for returning the stolen files.

  Only $1.9M? If you risk going to jail, make it worth it.