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May 13, 2021

Hackers Post Files And Data Stolen From D.C. Police After Ransom Negotiations Allegedly Fail

“[L]ook at this wall of shame, you have every chance of not getting there, just pay us!” wrote the hackers in a message posted alongside the trove of D.C. police files and data.

May 11, 2021

Hackers Say Negotiations With D.C. Over Stolen Police Data At ‘Dead End,’ Threaten Public Release

The hackers are demanding $4 million from D.C. to delete the sensitive files they stole from the Metropolitan Police Department. They allege that the city offered $100,000 in payment and rejected it as too low.

 
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