umami_wasabi@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoPandaBuy pays ransom to hacker only to get extorted againwww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1237arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: databreaches@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1232arrow-down1external-linkPandaBuy pays ransom to hacker only to get extorted againwww.bleepingcomputer.comumami_wasabi@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: databreaches@lemmy.zip
minus-squarePhobosAnomaly@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoHow is someone getting control of their data by paying a ransom? The opposing actor still has your data, so it doesn’t really matter how much you pay, you’ll never be able to mitigate that security issue, surely?
minus-squaredownpunxx@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·7 months agoi didn’t read the article, for stolen data, you’re hosed. deleted.
How is someone getting control of their data by paying a ransom?
The opposing actor still has your data, so it doesn’t really matter how much you pay, you’ll never be able to mitigate that security issue, surely?
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i didn’t read the article, for stolen data, you’re hosed. deleted.