I wonder if u/spez ordered this hack so he can back off and save face. Of course I don’t know the context but that’s the first thing that comes to mind.
I’m going with, no. Or, who cares? No biggie.
What onion address is that?
Is it weird that I kind of want both groups to lose out here?
Is there any way to validate these claims?
No, haha. They also didn’t bother to check what was stolen, so they could have very well gotten 80G of memes.
I took that to mean no one at Reddit bothered to check what was stolen.
How do people even know what’s been stolen? I know if someone logged into my server and copied stuff, they only way I’d know would be higher data usage.
Either server logs, or the hackers sending them part of the data they have to prove they’re ligit. I assume the latter would have happened if Reddit had shown any interest in negotiating.
Ransomware operators are scum and should not be trusted, let alone paid.
I want the API changes reverted as much as any other Reddit refugees here, but I can’t stand behind this kind of malfeasant extortion.
Not only is it blatantly obvious they’re using the API change rhetoric as a means of irritating Reddit into giving them their hush money, it also avts towards delegitimising all protest efforts made by the Subreddits thus far
Karma is a bitch. It’s not like they didn’t just pull the same crap with the 3rd party apps. They literally painted a target on their back by spitting in their users face. I’m not endorsing or condoning this but I’m not at all surprised, especially after the “Landed Gentry” dig.
But as the text says, this extortion began 5 days before the API changes were even announced. These criminals don’t give a f*ck about the API and threaten to leak the data of those same users they’re claiming to protect.
I think we should just ignore this, because it’s a distraction for public pressure and will only make Reddit look better - either by delegitimising the protest or by making them look like a victim instead of the perpetrator they are.
You’re right but I still won’t be shedding a tear for them. Even if this hacker is just trying to take advantage of the situation, I’m kind of glad Spez is getting the spanking he deserves. This isn’t the first time Reddit has pissed off it’s user base and this isn’t the first time they have gone to war with 3rd party apps. This time though, it seems to be biting them in the ass and I am happy about that.
I’m going to say what you did, more diplomatically:
While I don’t condone extortion via hacking or any other means, I acknowledge that Reddit and its’ dysfunctional, incompetent corporate culture - with Huffman at the top - brought this development upon themselves.
This summarizes exactly how I felt. Thank you.
So they “broke into Reddit” back in February and contacted Reddit in April. After Reddit didn’t react they contacted them again a few days ago at this very opportunistic time.
They never specified exactly what kind of data they stole, nor did they prove it by providing samples.
For all we know this story could be entirely made up and they actually have nothing.
But even if they have something, them trying to come across as the good guys in this is so weird to me. No, you’re not the good guys. You are criminals.
They may be the bad guys, but they’re not necessarily bad guys
“I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are good people and bad people. You’re wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.”
