umami_wasabi@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoPandaBuy pays ransom to hacker only to get extorted againwww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1209arrow-down1external-linkPandaBuy pays ransom to hacker only to get extorted againwww.bleepingcomputer.comumami_wasabi@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareumami_wasabi@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-22 years agoNot ransomware but just ransom to data exfil by a vulnerable API. But paying is still a dumb idea.
minus-squarevvv@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 years ago"Hi, I just sent the ransom payment to the Bitcoin address you provided. "Now you’ll unlock my data, right? “… right?”
minus-squareAlbbi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 years agoSure. Make it profitable to the hackers to keep doing it.
Not ransomware but just ransom to data exfil by a vulnerable API. But paying is still a dumb idea.
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"Hi, I just sent the ransom payment to the Bitcoin address you provided.
"Now you’ll unlock my data, right?
“… right?”
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Sure. Make it profitable to the hackers to keep doing it.