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Nursery hackers apologise and claim to have deleted child data
Hackers demanded about £100,000 ransom in Bitcoin after stealing data of 8,000 children from Kido Schools before deleting it and apologizing, experts remain skeptical.
- Joe Tidy, Cyber Correspondent, BBC World Service reported hackers removed darknet posts and say they deleted stolen files including private details of around 8,000 children and apologised.
- Last Thursday, attackers began posting profiles after buying access to one Kido Schools staff computer from an initial access broker, which Radiant then used to infiltrate the systems.
- Most of the material came from Kido Schools' Famly account; Famly told the BBC it was not compromised.
- Parents and carers received threatening phone calls using stolen contact details, while Kido Schools have not paid ransom and cyber-security experts warn deletion claims are often false.
- The perpetrators remain unidentified and appear inexperienced, as unknown hackers reportedly deleted stolen data in a move experts say reflects pragmatism more than morality, Jen Ellis noted.
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Photos of very young children, as well as the contact details of their relatives, were broadcast online to push Kido to pay a ransom. The pirate group finally decided on Thursday to delete this data from its website.
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Nursery hackers delete children’s data following backlash, UK media reports
Hackers who stole the data of more than 8,000 children including photos, addresses and names and published some of the information on the dark web have removed the posts online and claim to have deleted the information, according to UK media reports.
·Atlanta, United States
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