Former Contractor Pleads Guilty to $862K Cyber Sabotage After Termination

Former Contractor Pleads Guilty to $862K Cyber Sabotage After Termination

First seen 2 Dec 2025, 18:33 UTC •JusticeTheregister •15.1

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Maxwell Schultz, a 35-year-old IT contractor from Ohio, pleaded guilty to hacking his former employer's network, causing approximately $862,000 in damages. After being terminated on May 14, 2021, Schultz impersonated another contractor to regain access and executed a PowerShell script that reset around 2,500 passwords, locking out legitimate users.

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