Dutch Hacker Steals Data from Company, Blackmails Them and Gets Arrested the Next Day

Authorities arrested a hacker in Purmerend, Netherlands on accusations that he stole data on hundreds of thousands of customers from a company then tried to blackmail the firm by threatening to publish the information. Theft of information from computer systems usually follows ransomware attacks, but criminals sometimes only try to exfiltrate data. According to the police press release, the attacker hit a Haarlem-based company, stealing information on hundreds of thousands of customers. "The p