Idaho Hacker Sentenced to 10 Years for Extortion and Data Breach Affecting 132,000, Including Georgia Residents

An Idaho man has been handed a decade-long prison sentence for his widespread hacking and extortion activities, which compromised over 132,000 individuals’ personal data including residents of Newnan, Georgia and patients of a Griffin medical clinic, the United States Attorney’s Office reported. According to the sentencing statement, Robert Purbeck, a 45-year-old from Meridian, not only breached the security of numerous servers but also engaged in extorting victims, demanding Bitcoin payments and threatening to leak sensitive information.

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