Tech contractor for Brightly Software sentenced to 2 years in prison for insider attack
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A tech worker who hatched an elaborate insider attack in late 2023 and attempted to extort Brightly Software for about $2.5 million was sentenced to two years in prison , the Justice Department said Thursday.
Cameron Nicholas Curry, also known as “Loot,” committed a series of crimes while working as a data analyst contractor for the Siemens-owned company. The 27-year-old North Carolina man stole a trove of corporate data, including sensitive employee and compensation information, which he used to threaten various employees and executives over a six-week period in late 2023 and early 2024.
Curry ultimately extorted the company for $7,540. 92 in late January 2024. He was found guilty of six counts of extortion in March.
Brightly Software was named as the victim in court records filed in the U. S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina earlier this month.