North Carolina Tech Worker Found Guilty of Insider Attack Netting $2.5M Ransom

A 27-year-old North Carolina man, Cameron Nicholas Curry (alias "Loot"), was found guilty of six counts of extortion after conducting an insider attack while employed as a data analyst contractor for a D.C.-based international technology company. The attack involved stealing corporate data, including sensitive information, and resulted in a $2.5 million ransom payment. The U.S. Justice Department announced the conviction on Thursday, though the exact date of the attack was not specified. The case targeted the business sector and was classified as an insider threat. No specific technical methods or CVE IDs were disclosed in the report.