Chinese shopping platform Pandabuy told BleepingComputer it previously paid a a ransom demand to prevent stolen data from being leaked, only for the same threat actor to extort the company again this week.

LOL

    • @vvv@programming.dev
      English
      6•1 year ago

      "Hi, I just sent the ransom payment to the Bitcoin address you provided.
      "Now you’ll unlock my data, right?
      “… right?”

          • Laurel RavenEnglish
            1•1 year ago

            If the alternative is “likely go out of business”, then yeah…

            They already made it profitable for the hackers by not backing their data up properly, this is just that bill coming due.