sabbah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoHackers threaten to leak 80GB of confidential data stolen from Redditlocklemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up139arrow-down1external-linkHackers threaten to leak 80GB of confidential data stolen from Redditlocklemmy.worldsabbah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/19/hackers-threaten-to-leak-80gb-of-confidential-data-stolen-from-reddit/
minus-squaresuspecm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoEven 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.
minus-squaremstrk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoTrue. The damage is already done. The only value it can be extracted from it is to know the exploit that lead to the breach.
minus-squareCinner@lemmy.worldBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThat’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.
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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.
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.
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.