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🌱 What did an insider do to extort Cary’s Brightly Software?

Cary, North Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Cary! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What did an insider do to extort Cary’s Brightly Software?
  • How did a Cary-based compliance job spark an insider-trading scandal?

Also on today's calendar: 10 Year Anniversary Grand Open House and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: Where do bad rainbows go? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: A t-storm in the afternoon, with a high of 92 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Sunday: A stray afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 94, low: 75.
  • Monday: Near-record temperatures, with a high of 97 and low of 75 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Tech contractor for Brightly Software sentenced to 2 years in prison for insider attack (cyberscoop.com) — A contractor who extorted Cary-based Brightly Software using stolen employee and payroll data has been sentenced to two years in prison, underscoring the risks local tech employers face from insiders. Prosecutors say the North Carolina man stole sensitive information, sent dozens of threatening emails, and forced a venue change after confusion over the company’s Cary headquarters.
   

• Compliance, Betrayal, and Insider Trading (radicalcompliance.com) — A recent SEC insider-trading case centers on a Japanese healthcare conglomerate’s U.S. subsidiary based in Cary, where a senior ethics and compliance officer allegedly shared hints about a pending acquisition with her partner. Regulators say he used those clues to profit from trading, raising uncomfortable questions about how well Cary-based corporate compliance professionals safeguard sensitive information.
   

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💬 Chatter

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    This is urgent. If anybody knows how to care for a very baby squirrel, there is one going down Waldo Rood Blvd, turning right on Town Village Dr to… (Nextdoor Stonegate Sherborne)
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🗞 Nearby News

Morrisville

  • WCPSS and County Commissioners hear affordable housing proposal for teachers and employees (cbs17.com)
  • pyx-20260813 (sec.gov)
  • A high-profile restaurant space in Downtown Raleigh is vacant once again (newsobserver.com)

Apex

  • Apex, NC – Broadcasting Experts Can Help Transform The Media Production World (observer-reporter.com)

Ok Cary! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Prism (Thank you Mark J. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Cary

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