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U.S. Business #2, a talent hiring firm located in Texas: IT worker under M.H. identity; extortion and leak

Date (as written)
In or around February 2022 to on or about March 17, 2023
Year
2022
Country
U.S. (Texas)
Actors (as written)
HYON CHOL SONG
Actor pages
HYON CHOL SONG
Tags (as written)
IT workers; extortion; data leak; indictment
Dollar figures (as written)
additional approximately $2,200 (demanded); $2,200

Source entries (1)

US court filing via CourtListener RECAP: United States v. Hwa

U.S. Business #2, a talent hiring firm located in Texas: IT worker under M.H. identity; extortion and leak · In or around February 2022 to on or about March 17, 2023
On or about March 2, 2023, and continuing until on or about March 17, 2023, HYON CHOL SONG ... demand that U.S. Business #2 send an additional approximately $2,200 ... U.S. Business #2 refused to pay HYON CHOL SONG. On or about March 2, 2023, HYON CHOL SONG used an account registered using the M.H. identity to post U.S. Business #2's proprietary information on a public website for software development. [Case No. 4:24-cr-00648, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri; filing: REDACTED INDICTMENT returned in open court on 12/11/24 to Judge Joseph S. Dueker by the Foreperson of the Grand Jury. Re]
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.moed.216774/gov.uscourts.moed.216774.2.0.pdf

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