The Washington Post reports an update to the breach affecting Kido Schools in the UK:
In late September, parents at a chain of British nursery schools got shocking news: They’d been hacked. Cybercriminals had pilfered photographs and sensitive family data on thousands of children and demanded ransom not to release it.
A week later, the gang behind the hack contacted parents with news maybe even more shocking: Never mind.
The ransomware group calling itself “Radiant” said Wednesday night that they were backing down in the face of a growing backlash. Public revulsion over the targeting of children — probably along with warnings from other cybercriminals to cool it — apparently proved too much even for some of the dark web’s darkest dwellers.
They even apologized.
“We are sorry for hurting kids,” Radiant said to a BBC cybercrime reporter who had been in contact with the gang. “All child data is now being deleted. No more remains and this can comfort parents.”
Read more at The Washington Post.
