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DII-2023-00010
ReportedReported by fewer than three independent publishers, with no official finding.

BlackCat claims they hacked Reddit and will leak the data

As if Reddit wasn’t already having serious issues these days, they have allegedly been hacked by AlphV (aka BlackCat), who write: Operators broke into Reddit on February 5, 2023, and took 80 gigabytes (zipped) of...

17 June 2023 · Ransomware and extortion
17 June 2023

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Quick facts
Category
Ransomware and extortion
Source
DataBreaches.net
Date
17 June 2023
Drafted by
Raidu Incident Detection

What happened

Not publicly disclosed.

Classification

Category
Ransomware and extortion
Industry
Business and professional services

Sources and evidence

This record was researched and written by the Index, based on the following original reporting.

DataBreaches.net
BlackCat claims they hacked Reddit and will leak the data
17 June 2023
techcrunch.com
serious issues
abcnews.go.com
these days
bleepingcomputer.com
as reported by Bleeping Computer at the time
reddit.com
disclosed a phishing attack