Terminated contract led to $2.5 million cyber extortion scheme
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A former contract data analyst, Cameron Curry (alias “Loot”), conducted an extortion scheme against a Washington, D.C.-based technology company by sending over 60 emails between December 2023 and January 2024 demanding $2.5M in cryptocurrency and threatening to publish employee PII and allege pay disparities; FBI agents executed a search warrant, seized electronic devices, and Curry was convicted on related charges.
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