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Insider Threat: Former Employee Gets Revenge, then Jail Time

Written by SecureWorld News Team | Fri | Jul 12, 2019 | 3:30 PM Z

A cyberattack from a former employee is leading to jail time.

The things people do for revenge. 

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A judge just sentenced Nikishna Polequaptewa to 27 months in federal prison and required him to pay $53,305 in restitution to his former employer.

SecurityWeek explains what led to the sentence:

"He deleted the company’s website and marketing materials, costing Blue Stone more than $50,000 to restore its system.

In November 2018, jury found him guilty of one count of unauthorized impairment of the integrity and availability of data, programs, systems, and information."