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smegger001 11 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: I pwned half of America's fast food chains simulta...

i seem to recall a case of hackers anonymously reporting a data breech when a the company they hacked refused to pay up and didn't report it as required by law.

n2d4 11 months ago [–]

Yes, ALPHV/Blackcat blackmailed MeridianLink by hacking them and then filing a SEC whistleblower complaint [1]. As always, Matt Levine has a wonderful article on it: https://archive.ph/Yffbh

[1] https://www.burr.com/cyber-security-law-blog/ALPHV-extort-Me...

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