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Former Engineer Gets 32 Months Prison for Hacking Employer and Demanding Bitcoin (BTC) Ransom

  • Daily Hodl Agent--The Daily Hodl
  • published date: 2026-10-08 16:55:56 UTC

A disgruntled former core infrastructure engineer at a New Jersey industrial company hacked the firm's network in November 2023 by scheduling damaging tasks before demanding 20 Bitcoin worth about $750,000 to halt the sabotage. He pleaded guilty and was sente…

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