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Ex-IT worker arrested for ransomware attack
The US New Jersey District Court has arrested a man accused of conducting a ransomware attack on a former employer, highlighting the growing “insider threat” organizations increasingly face from disgruntled or former employees. It is alleged that Daniel Rhyne, 57, described in court documents as “a core infrastructure engineer,” is alleged to have conducted a $750, 000 ransomware attack on a New Jersey-based industrial company. The as-yet-unidentified organization provides services to various industries, including aquaculture, biopharmaceuticals, chemistry, electronics, food and beverage, healthcare, hydrogen mobility, manufacturing and industrial processing, metals, oil and gas, and pulp and paper companies.