A 28-year-old United Kingdom man from Fleetwood, Hertfordshire, has been convicted of unauthorized computer access with criminal intent and blackmailing his employer.

A press release published yesterday by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) explains that in February 2018, the convicted man, Ashley Liles, worked as an IT Security Analyst at an Oxford-based company that suffered a ransomware attack.

Like many ransomware attacks, the threat actors contacted the company’s executives, demanding a ransom payment.

Due to his role in the company, Liles took part in the internal investigations and incident response effort, which was also supported by other members of the company and the police.

However, during this phase, Liles is said to have attempted to enrich himself from the attack by tricking his employer into paying him a ransom instead of the original external attacker.  Read On: