Reddit confirms BlackCat gang pinched some data
Reddit this week confirmed ransomware gang BlackCat, aka AlphaV, broke into its corporate systems in February.
A spokesperson for Reddit declined to comment on BlackCat's specific boasts, and insisted it's not the result of a fresh intrusion. The theft happened a few months ago, and was the result of a"At the time, the companythat, as a result of that phishing, miscreants were able to grab"limited Reddit code, limited contact information for a small number of company contacts and employees , as well as limited advertiser information .
claimed they stole 80GB of data during the intrusion and emailed Reddit about the break-in twice, once on April 13 and a second time on June 16."There was no attempt to find out what we took," the ransomware operators said.
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