vandrw comments on Alphv ransomware group claims to have hacked Reddit, threatens to leak data unless money paid and API changes reverted

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[–] vandrw@mander.xyz 16 points 3 years ago (5 children)

No, haha. They also didn't bother to check what was stolen, so they could have very well gotten 80G of memes.

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[–] AtomicPurple@kbin.social 26 points 3 years ago (3 children)

I took that to mean no one at Reddit bothered to check what was stolen.

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[–] blahaj@beehaw.org 21 points 3 years ago

Likewise, to me I interpreted as "There was no attempt (from reddit) to find out what we took."

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[–] I_Miss_Daniel@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

How do people even know what's been stolen? I know if someone logged into my server and copied stuff, they only way I'd know would be higher data usage.

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[–] AtomicPurple@kbin.social 10 points 3 years ago

Either server logs, or the hackers sending them part of the data they have to prove they're ligit. I assume the latter would have happened if Reddit had shown any interest in negotiating.

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[–] waz@feddit.uk 14 points 3 years ago

I read that to mean Reddit didn’t try to identify the stolen data, rather than the exploitists. Is that right?

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