UK man who threatened to publicly release stolen confidential information unless the victims agreed to fulfill his digital extortion demands has finally pleaded guilty on Monday. Nathan Francis Wyatt, 39, who is a key member of the infamous international hacking group ‘The Dark Overlord,’ has been sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $1,467,048 in restitution to his victims. Wyatt was extradited to the United States late last year after being held for over two years in the United Kingdom, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit aggravated identity theft and computer fraud.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2020/09/british-hacker-jailed.html