{"id":29063,"date":"2020-09-23T12:31:21","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T09:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=29063"},"modified":"2025-08-27T14:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T11:55:10","slug":"dark-overlord-hacker-sentenced-to-five-years-in-u-s-federal-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/dark-overlord-hacker-sentenced-to-five-years-in-u-s-federal-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Overlord hacker sentenced to five years in U.S. federal prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">The UK resident Nathan Wyatt pleaded guilty to the theft of personal data and carrying out cyberattacks. He also confirmed his involvement with the hacker group The Dark Overlord, <\/span><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/uk-national-sentenced-prison-role-dark-overlord-hacking-group\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">reports<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> the U.S. Department of Justice.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Wyatt said he had been a member of The Dark Overlord since 2016. The hackers gained access to confidential data of American companies, including clients&#8217; personal information, and then demanded ransoms ranging from $75,000 to $350,000 in bitcoins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Wyatt was arrested in 2017 in the United Kingdom. In 2019, he was extradited to the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">After the hacker pleaded guilty, a U.S. court sentenced him to five years in federal prison. He was also ordered to pay nearly $1.5 million in restitution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">For more on The Dark Overlord and other hacker groups, read ForkLog&#8217;s exclusive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" data-secret=\\\"6mbLVLknGx\\\">\n<p>Anatomy of hacker groups: who and why they hack digital systems<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\\\"lazy\\\" class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" sandbox=\\\"allow-scripts\\\" security=\\\"restricted\\\" style=\\\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\\\" title=\\\"Anatomy of hacker groups: who and why they hack digital systems \u2014 ForkLog\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/exclusive\/anatomiya-hakerskih-gruppirovok-kto-i-zachem-vzlamyvaet-tsifrovye-sistemy\/embed#?secret=3PihzduKXs#?secret=6mbLVLknGx\\\" data-secret=\\\"6mbLVLknGx\\\" width=\\\"500\\\" height=\\\"282\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" marginwidth=\\\"0\\\" marginheight=\\\"0\\\" scrolling=\\\"no\\\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog&#8217;s news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK resident Nathan Wyatt pleaded guilty to theft of personal data and carrying out cyberattacks. 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