The group, calling itself Radiant, had posted images of children attending the Kido nursery chain in London on the dark web and demanded a ransom from the company.
Imagine bank robbers only asking for some arbitrary amount from the vault. There has to be a reason for this. They aren’t doing it out of the goodness of their hearts.
There is a practical reason for the amount. It has to be something the victim can afford and it can’t be so large that they decide it’s cheaper to just ignore the threat and deal with the fallout.
The hacker/scammer also, ironically, has to honor their word and stop releasing data once they’ve been paid off. Otherwise victims won’t pay because it’s a waste of money.
I love how they describe it like its an add on fee from an airline or something
Imagine bank robbers only asking for some arbitrary amount from the vault. There has to be a reason for this. They aren’t doing it out of the goodness of their hearts.
There is a practical reason for the amount. It has to be something the victim can afford and it can’t be so large that they decide it’s cheaper to just ignore the threat and deal with the fallout.
The hacker/scammer also, ironically, has to honor their word and stop releasing data once they’ve been paid off. Otherwise victims won’t pay because it’s a waste of money.
“I said $127,075.31! If you try to fucking round up again I’m going to start shooting!”
It is about as legitimate of a business model in a cyberpunk dystopia as the advertisers.
If only these people had an easier way to make money then they wouldn’t do this.