cowvin 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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[–] cowvin@kbin.social 35 points 3 years ago (6 children)

This isn't ransomware. This is standard blackmail.

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[–] YMS@kbin.social 13 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Correct, but done by ransomware operators.

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[–] zalack@kbin.social 14 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

Not that this isn't scummy but my understanding is that "ransomware" refers to software that locks a user or organization out of their systems until a fee is paid, generally my encrypting the disk.

This seems like a more traditional "hack" of a system where you get in and download data. Which makes threatening them is traditional blackmail.

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[–] red@feddit.de [S] 14 points 3 years ago (1 child)

The point is that Alphv is an operator of ransomware as a service (RaaS), specifically BlackCat, independent of whether they used ransomware in this specific attack (which it indeed doesn't sound like).

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[–] zalack@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago

Oh I see. I misunderstood the comment then. Thanks for the clarification!

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[–] redcalcium@c.calciumlabs.com 7 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

I'll have more respect if the leak were done by disgruntled employees, but this attempt to leak is done by a ransomware operator who failed to extort them in the first place.

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[+] mobyduck648@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago

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