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Robert Purbeck, 45, received a 10-year prison sentence for hacking into 19 computer servers across the US, stealing the <\/span>personally identifiable information<\/a><\/span> (PII) of 132,000 people, attempting to extort an orthodontist in exchange for Bitcoin, and threatening to make public the patient records he stole.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2017, Purbeck purchased access to a medical clinic’s computer server on a cybercriminal marketplace. Using these stolen credentials, he accessed the clinic’s computers and downloaded records for more than 43,000 individuals that included names, addresses, birthdates, and Social Security numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nearly a year later, Purbeck purchased credentials on the Dark Web for a police department server in Newnan, Ga., stealing documents, police reports, and sensitive information of over 14,000 people.<\/span><\/p>\n

And in July 2018, Purbeck threatened an orthodontist he’d stolen data from, demanding a ransom in Bitcoin. He also threatened to sell the PII of the orthodontist’s child, harassing the orthodontist and his patients with threatening emails and messages.<\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI ultimately executed a federal search warrant at Purbeck’s home in 2019, seizing his computers and devices. Earlier this year, he <\/span>pleaded guilty<\/a><\/span> to two counts of “intentionally accessing and obtaining information from a protected computer without authorization.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Alongside his prison sentence, Purbeck was ordered to serve three years of supervised release as well as pay $1,048,702 in restitution to his victims.<\/span><\/p>\n

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