In my recent readings, there are two articles that cover the same thing. They may both cover it a little bit differently, but they both also say the same thing.
While not a complete bonehead, we know that issues can occur which include power outages, natural disaster and other things not thought of.
What we are talking about here is someone who worked for Ubiquiti. Both articles are:
- Ubiquiti Developer Charged With Extortion, Causing 2020 “Breach” Krebs on Security
- Former Ubiquiti employee charged with stealing data, extorting employer Cyberscoop
Both articles indicate that Nicholas Sharp is the person that was arrested, and at least one of the articles indicate that he downloaded tons of data.
The Krebs article indicates that he is (or was) the senior developer at the company.
Here are three paragraphs of the Krebs article.
On Dec. 28, other Ubiquiti employees spotted the unusual downloads, which had leveraged internal company credentials and a Surfshark VPN connection to hide the downloader’s true Internet address. Assuming an external attacker had breached its security, Ubiquiti quickly launched an investigation.
But Sharp was a member of the team doing the forensic investigation, the indictment alleges.
“At the time the defendant was part of a team working to assess the scope and damage caused by the incident and remediate its effects, all while concealing his role in committing the incident,” wrote prosecutors with the Southern District of New York.
I’m sure there is more that either article may not have covered, and as I’ve said, both are good reads.
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