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After Demanding $3 Million Ransom, Hacker Dumps Massive Customer Financial Data (dailydot.com)

Posted by timothy on from the an-honest-thief dept.

Patrick O'Neill writes: Just over week after a hacker breached a United Arab Emirates Bank, demanding a $3 million ransom to stop tweeting customers' information, he appears to have dumped tens of thousands of customer files online. The actual data appears to be real. And it's vast. One database analyzed by the Daily Dot includes the sensitive information of around 40,000 customers, including their full names, credit card numbers, and birthdays. One account contained 4,7174,962.38 dirham, or $12,844,589.77. Those accounts' total earnings add up to $110,736,002. One bank executive confirmed the hack to Farooqui, adding that, "This is blackmail."

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  1. Um, yeah ... by gstoddart · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "This is blackmail."

    Yes, that's exactly what it is.

    What do you think holding something for ransom is?

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  2. It WAS Blackmail by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    One bank executive confirmed the hack to Farooqui, adding that, "This is blackmail."

    Dude, it was blackmail. This is a shitstorm.