{
  "id": 13390919,
  "title": "Insider Cyber Extortion Plot Against Industrial Firm Lands Engineer in Prison",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/insider-cyber-extortion-plot-against-industrial-firm-lands-engineer",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-10T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SecurityWeek",
    "slug": "securityweek",
    "url": "https://www.securityweek.com/insider-cyber-extortion-plot-against-industrial-firm-lands-engineer-in-prison/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The former core infrastructure engineer deleted admin accounts, reset hundreds of passwords, and demanded 20 bitcoin to spare the company’s servers. The post Insider Cyber Extortion Plot Against Industrial Firm Lands Engineer in Prison appeared first on SecurityWeek .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}