Former Ubiquiti dev pleads guilty to trying to extort his employer

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	Former Ubiquiti dev pleads guilty to trying to extort his employer (bleepingcomputer.com)
	12 points by warunsl 1225 days ago

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roseway4 1225 days ago

> 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.

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mingus88 1225 days ago

Oh come on now, that's enough money to buy you a very nice 2 bedroom home in a remote suburb of a nice city.

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