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Engineer sentenced for locking over 3,000 devices on employer network
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Kid sh.itjust.works kid@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-02-14
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Link: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/engineer-sentenced-for-locking-thousands-of-devices-on-employer-network/
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cub Gucci lemmy.today vivalapivo@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-15
#2 · Quote Reply

At least it was fun
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Mark with a Z suppo.fi markz@suppo.fi
Joined: 2025-07-04
#3 · (edited) Quote Reply

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.
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ImgurRefugee114 reddthat.com ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com
Joined: 2025-08-26
#4 · Quote Reply

Opsec my dude, Opsec.
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Vendetta9076 sh.itjust.works Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-08
#5 · Quote Reply

Not only is he a fucking idiot he's also incredibly cringe.
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9488fcea02a9 sh.itjust.works 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-11
#6 · Quote Reply

Just say you were experimenting with AI and it broke out of the sandbox....they'll give you a raise
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SayCyberOnceMore feddit.uk Cyber@feddit.uk
Joined: 2023-06-17
#7 · Quote Reply

If only they'd had a 15 character minimum password length...
(/s)
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mlfh lm.mlfh.org mlfh@lm.mlfh.org
Joined: 2026-04-07
#8 · Quote Reply

...he also searched on his laptop for "command line to change local administrator password," "command line to remotely change local administrator password," and "how to remotely shutdown a computer usign cmd."

shittysysadmin criminal mastermind.
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π•Έπ–”π–˜π–˜ infosec.pub 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub
Joined: 2023-06-04
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Mark with a Z wrote:
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.

They said he was an engineer. They never said he was smart.
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fibojoly sh.itjust.works fibojoly@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-15
#10 · Quote Reply

Hopefully if it's the Director of Security telling me to do it, I'm not liable, right?
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