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'Disgruntled' British IT worker jailed for hacking employer after being suspended

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Feed Name: The Record from Recorded Future News

Threat Score
45/100

Date Published: 2025-06-30

Date Updated: 2026-05-01

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A British IT worker retaliated after being suspended by using his privileged access to alter login credentials and multi-factor authentication at his employer, disrupting operations for the firm and its clients in the UK, Germany, and Bahrain and causing at least £200,000 in losses; forensic recovery of recordings led to his guilty plea and a seven-month prison sentence.

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