A 38-year-old British man who is allegedly a member of a hacking group called The Dark Overlord has pleaded not guilty in U.S. federal court in Missouri to charges that he threatened to release data stolen from health care and accounting companies.
Nathan Francis Wyatt appeared in court Wednesday on a conspiracy charge, two aggravated identity theft charges and three counts of threatening to damage a protected computer.
He and co-conspirators are accused of accessing company data and demanding ransom paid in bitcoin or they would release the data publicly.
The companies were in Missouri, Illinois and Georgia.
Member of “The Dark Overlord” Hacking Group Extradited from United Kingdom to Face Charges in St. Louis https://t.co/EqtrihWUr4
— U.S. Attorney EDMO (@USAO_EDMO) December 18, 2019
