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CDW data to be leaked next week after negotiations with LockBit break down - Ransomware spokesperson scoffs at IT reseller's offer of payment (www.theregister.com)
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CDW data to be leaked next week after negotiations with LockBit break down - Ransomware spokesperson scoffs at IT reseller's offer of payment::Ransomware spokesperson scoffs at IT reseller's offer of payment

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[–] AbidanYre 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ransomwares have PR departments now? What a world.

[–] TheDarkKnight 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Black Market is just as corpo as the rest of the business world lol.

[–] paintbucketholder 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A lot of the subscribe-to-use software that you never, ever actually own but that has become "business standard" is essentially ransomware.

We just don't call it that.

[–] Sygheil 1 points 1 year ago

Also a nag-ware/adware

[–] LemmyFeed 5 points 1 year ago

And a running blog of their victims? These guys don't even operate in the shadows anymore. It's all just another day at the office it seems.