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Alphv ransomware group claims to have hacked Reddit, threatens to leak data unless money paid and API changes reverted (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

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