Engineer sentenced to 32 months for locking 3,000 devices on employer network

Former infrastructure engineer Daniel Rhyne of Kansas City was sentenced to 32 months in prison for a ransomware-style attack on his New Jersey employer's network. In November 2023 he changed admin passwords, deleted 13 domain admin accounts and blocked access to 254 servers and 3,284 workstations, demanding a 20 bitcoin ransom (about $750,000).

• Rhyne sentenced to 32 months in prison for the network attack
• Passwords of 301 domain users changed, 13 admin accounts deleted
• Access blocked to 254 servers and 3,284 workstations
• Ransom demand was 20 bitcoin, roughly $750,000 at the time