Ring LLC home security company ransomed by ALPHV ransomware

Re:Ring LLC home security company ransomed by ALPHV ransomware by bilekas on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @03:25AM (#35148339)

This was always going to happen.. you can't have that much access to sensitive data and expect to be prepared for stuff like this.

It's going to be really bad for customers but it's okay. I'm sure we'll get the "We value privacy" compulsory email any day now.

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Re:Ring LLC home security company ransomed by ALPHV ransomware by rftyuikdjhgvcf on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @03:29AM (#35148357)

I'm just shocked it happened before all rings become zombies on some botnet.

maybe we are just missing the news.

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Re:Ring LLC home security company ransomed by ALPHV ransomware by incahoots on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @10:38AM (#35152230)

I'm genuinely surprised we haven't had something like that happen....yet. All these "smart" appliances, fridges, & stoves gotta have the same vulnerability just waiting to make them bots. Considering they're all running some old Android instance.

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Re:Ring LLC home security company ransomed by ALPHV ransomware by mrguyorama on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @11:21AM (#35152947)

It has happened. Lots of these devices ARE on botnets. I think it was cloudflare who claimed a significant amount of DDoS traffic comes from hacked IOT devices

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Re:Ring LLC home security company ransomed by ALPHV ransomware by rftyuikdjhgvcf on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @05:33PM (#35159127)

midori. it was mostly modems. haven't heard about the security cameras yet.

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