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Hackers demand $4.5 million and API price reversal from Reddit | Engadget (www.engadget.com)

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Ransomware gang BlackCat is likely behind a February attack on the company..

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[–] [email protected] 99 points 2 years ago (15 children)

This is probably going to lead to the media accusing the protesters of being hackers.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Yea that's my takeaway here. To the point given how u/spez has behaved it wouldn't surprise me if he hired these guys to 'hack' him specifically to smear protests.

Then again I'm paranoid so what do I know?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The hack happened in February, long before the protests.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Correct. They said they would hold on to the info and wait for reddit's IPO.

The info must have informed them that reddit is intentionally tanking to take down gme subreddits.

They know releasing it into their IPO will tank the company so thd threat now of all times makes sense.

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