20-Year-Old Enters Prison for Historic Breach, Ransoming of Massive Student Database - Slashdot

20-year-old Matthew Lane sent a text message to ABC News as his parents drove him to federal prison in Connecticut. "I'm just scared," he said, calling the whole situation "extremely sad." Barely a year earlier, while still a teenager, he helped launch what's been described as the biggest cyberat...

#AxisOfEvil turn to #ransoming....

Only idiot American citizens keep visiting Russia, N Korea, and Iran. Fortunately for these ransomers, there is no shortage of idiots in America.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-66841137

Iran expected to free five Americans in prisoner exchange

The Americans are expected to leave Tehran once $6bn of frozen Iranian funds is transferred.

BBC News