Decrypt October 07, 2026

Engineer Gets 32 Months for Bitcoin Extortion Plot Against His Own Employer

Engineer Gets 32 Months for Bitcoin Extortion Plot Against His Own Employer
Daniel Rhyne locked his company's IT administrators out of its network and demanded 20 BTC, then worth $750,000, to stop the shutdowns.
Source: Decrypt
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