The international hacker collective ShinyHunters started leaking customer data from Odido, one of the largest telecom companies in the Netherlands, and its subsidiary Ben, on Thursday morning. dark web Tor. It concerns 1 million data, the hackers say. According to Odido, the collective stole data from a total of 6.2 million customers. ShinyHunters itself claimed to have data on 8 million current and former customers. The perpetrators demanded that Odido transfer 1 million euros before the deadline expired on Thursday morning.
“Odido has made the wrong decision in all respects,” the extortion hackers write in a statement dark web. “We approached you privately with conditions. We were reasonable. You refused.” The hackers criticize Odido’s decision to make the extortion public. “The consequences will now be public, long-lasting and expensive.”
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According to the hackers, users should blame Odido for the fact that the telecom company stored “highly sensitive data” “on third-party platforms” for more than ten years. That in itself is a multiple violation, the hackers write. “Odido doesn’t care about its customers, they don’t care about you. This is the purest form, definition and example of “Fuck Around, Find Out.“We are not joking. We are not bluffing and we are not exaggerating,” the hackers threaten.
Odido has no intention of paying. In a statement, the company said: “On the advice of leading cybersecurity advisors and relevant government agencies, Odido has decided not to negotiate with these criminals and not to be blackmailed by them.”
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