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Engineer sentenced for locking over 3,000 devices on employer network (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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[–] markz@suppo.fi 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Investigators found that on November 22, while planning his extortion plot, Rhyne used his account on a hidden virtual machine to search the web for information on changing domain user passwords, deleting domain accounts, and clearing Windows logs.

Company account? Not the best idea.