California Man Pleads Guilty to Disney Hack That Revealed Financial and Strategy Secrets
- In early 2024, Ryan Mitchell Kramer, a 25-year-old California resident, posted a malicious program disguised as an AI art tool online, leading to a breach of Disney Slack channels.
- Kramer's program contained malware that gave him unauthorized access to victims' computers, including a Walt Disney employee's who downloaded it between April and May 2024.
- Kramer used stolen employee credentials to infiltrate thousands of private Disney Slack channels, where he obtained and saved over 1 terabyte of sensitive corporate and personal data.
- Posing as a fictitious Russian group called NullBulge in July 2024, Kramer threatened to release stolen data and victim information unless demands were met, but the victim did not comply, so Kramer published the data online.
- Kramer pleaded guilty to two felony charges carrying up to five years each, and the FBI is investigating additional victims; Disney adopted Microsoft Teams after the breach caused widespread consequences.
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California man pleads guilty to hacking Disney's Slack accounts
(Image courtesy the Walt Disney Company, Graphic by The Desk) A California resident has admitted to creating a computer program that allowed him to illegally connect to various personal computers, including one linked to a Walt Disney Company employee, which ultimately gave him access to the entertainment giant’s internal files. Ryan Kramer, 25, of Santa Clarita entered a guilty plea this week to two federal computer hacking charges, the U.S. De…
California man admits to hacking Disney employee, leaking company data
A 25-year-old California man has agreed to plead guilty to hacking the personal computer of a Walt Disney Company employee, stealing internal data, and later releasing sensitive files online after issuing threats, according to federal prosecutors. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, Ryan Mitchell Kramer, a Santa Clarita resident, will plead guilty to one count of accessing a computer and obtaining info…
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