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Ransomware gang's new extortion trick? Calling the front desk (techcrunch.com)

submitted 7 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/interestingshare@lemmy.zip

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Ransomware gangs are increasingly calling up victim organizations to extort and intimidate rank-and-file employees.

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[–] wahming@monyet.cc 3 points 7 months ago

That was hilarious. Blackhat crackers - 0, bureaucracy - 1

[–] buh@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago

Karen-based firewall

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 months ago

Beth, you rock.

[–] itchick2014@midwest.social 3 points 7 months ago

The fact that the hacker said “thank you, take care” is just hilarious to me.

[–] Walican132 1 points 7 months ago

Pretty much the correct HR response. But I also wouldn’t call HR “rank and file” that’s an admin staff no different than a manager or an accountant and one who has a cursory knowledge of law(eg can’t record in Ohio).