IT worker charged over $750,000 cyber extortion plot against former employer

A former IT engineer is facing federal charges in the United States after his
former employer found it had been locked out of its computer systems and
received a demand for $750,000.

At approximately 4pm EST on November 25, 2023, staff at an industrial company
headquartered in Somerset County, New Jersey, began to receive password reset
notifications.  Shortly afterwards, network administrators discovered that
domain administrator accounts had been deleted, denying access to the firm’s
computer