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A Northamptonshire man who was a member of a hacking group which stole hospital sufferers’ data and Netflix reveals has been sentenced to 5 years in jail within the US.
The Darkish Overlord (TDO) hacking group stole knowledge from a spread of organisations, and demanded large ransoms for its return.
Wyatt contacted victims to ask for funds, and was caught by way of a phone quantity linking him to this.
The remainder of the group stays at giant.
It’s unclear what number of members there are.
Wyatt was arrested in 2017 within the UK and extradited to the US in December 2019. He had beforehand been investigated for hacking the iCloud account of Pippa Middleton, the sister of the Duchess of Cambridge, however was launched with no additional motion taken.
The 39-year-old pleaded responsible in a federal court docket in St Louis to expenses of identification theft and laptop fraud. Throughout the listening to, held by way of Zoom, he apologised and reportedly mentioned that he by no means needed to see one other laptop for the remainder of his life.
He admitted that the group had obtained delicate knowledge from corporations, and threatened to launch the info until the businesses paid a ransom of between $75,000 (£58,000) and $350,000. No corporations paid up, however he was ordered to pay £1.1m in compensation.
Appearing US Assistant Legal professional Normal Brian C Rabbitt mentioned: “Nathan Wyatt used his technical expertise to prey on Individuals’ personal knowledge and exploited the delicate nature of their medical and monetary data for his personal private achieve”.
The crimes the TDO has claimed accountability for embody:
- hacking three healthcare organisations and promoting greater than 650,000 affected person data on the darkish net
- hacking Netflix and leaking episodes of Orange is the Solely Black
- promoting greater than 9.three million affected person data from an unnamed healthcare insurance coverage supplier
