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Wall Street Journal
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Bloomberg
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BleepingComputer
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A former employee of IoT manufacturer Ubiquiti pleaded guilty to stealing gigabytes of confidential data in December 2020 and extorting the company for ransom
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SC Media
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BleepingComputer
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