world·World Newsbysabbah Hackers threaten to leak 80GB of confidential data stolen from Reddithttps://techcrunch.com/2023/06/19/hackers-threaten-to-leak-80gb-of-confidential-data-stolen-from-reddit/View original on lemmy.world147Comments12
sstanleytweedle lemmy.world3Hide 3 replies We are very confident that Reddit will not pay any money for their data,” BlackCat wrote. “We expect to leak the data.” I like how they know they're going to leak but using the threat to drum up media attention.19
suspecm replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesEven if Reddit did pay, what guarantie is there that they won't just leak it anyways? Not paying any hackers ransom is system admin 101.3
CCinner replylemmy.worldThat's not true with established ransomware gangs. They have a reputation to uphold, and as soon as there is a news article about them not paying up, all victims stop paying up.6
mmstrk replylemmy.worldTrue. The damage is already done. The only value it can be extracted from it is to know the exploit that lead to the breach.2
Boozilla lemmy.worldSo glad I never gave them my email address, personal info, or bought any awards.6
PPenguinJuice kbin.socialSays it's all the information reddit harvests from its users plus juicy internal data5
I like how they know they're going to leak but using the threat to drum up media attention.
Even if Reddit did pay, what guarantie is there that they won't just leak it anyways? Not paying any hackers ransom is system admin 101.
That's not true with established ransomware gangs. They have a reputation to uphold, and as soon as there is a news article about them not paying up, all victims stop paying up.
True. The damage is already done. The only value it can be extracted from it is to know the exploit that lead to the breach.
Don't threaten just leak.
Do it, pussies!
Seems even there the users are the true value creators
Users aren't of value for reddit dummy
So glad I never gave them my email address, personal info, or bought any awards.
80GB doesn't seem like a lot, just some movies from this year?
I hope they have the new Spiderverse :p
Says it's all the information reddit harvests from its users plus juicy internal data