Zippy Bot@lemmy.zipB to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 7 months agoEpic Games reportedly hit by 189GB ransomware attack, including login and payment infowww.rockpapershotgun.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.zip
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkEpic Games reportedly hit by 189GB ransomware attack, including login and payment infowww.rockpapershotgun.comZippy Bot@lemmy.zipB to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.zip
minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoSounds like it’s fake. For one epic hasn’t noticed anything (so is it ransomware if they weren’t locked out?) And two they’re only asking for 15k. If it was actually valuable they’d be holding out for millions
minus-squarerdyoung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoMaybe epic is keeping it quiet and the 15k is just a the opener, making them think they can get out of it cheap and get it then they ask for more.
minus-squareRogueBanana@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoDoubt it. 15k is way too low even for that. Looks more like we might have your data and it’s cheaper to pay us than investigating.
Sounds like it’s fake. For one epic hasn’t noticed anything (so is it ransomware if they weren’t locked out?) And two they’re only asking for 15k. If it was actually valuable they’d be holding out for millions
Maybe epic is keeping it quiet and the 15k is just a the opener, making them think they can get out of it cheap and get it then they ask for more.
Doubt it. 15k is way too low even for that. Looks more like we might have your data and it’s cheaper to pay us than investigating.