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Impatient LockBit says it’s leaked 50GB of stolen Boeing files after ransom fails to land::Aerospace titan pores over data to see if dump is legit
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Does this mean I can finally download a
carjet fighter?Good. Fuck the ransom hackers.
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While the hackers aren’t getting paid, gigabytes of potential customer data has been leaked. This is a no win scenario.
If you reward bad behavior you get more of it.
Anyone with kids learns this lesson quickly.
The problem is, they’re just going to move on to a new target. You don’t reward scammers either, but they get enough paydays that it’s still worth it.
Never pay ransomeware demands.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The LockBit crew is claiming to have leaked all of the data it stole from Boeing late last month, after the passenger jet giant apparently refused to pay the ransom demand.
The full release comes after the extortionists uploaded some files said to be related to company finances and marketing activities as well as supplier details.
Neither data dump has been verified by The Register, and Boeing declined to answer specific questions about the incident or the stolen files.
LockBit first listed the aircraft giant on its dark-web site on October 28, and on November 2 Boeing confirmed to The Register it had suffered an IT intrusion.
By then, however, the ransomware crew had removed Boeing from its leaks site and told the malware librarians at VX Underground that it was negotiating with the US corporation.
Also this week, China’s largest bank, ICBC, was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted financial services systems on Thursday Beijing time.
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Money, marketing, and suppliers. Seems like that’s day-to-day stuff and wouldn’t be too damning unless there were serious improprieties. I can see why Boeing would prefer to take whatever hit there is from the loss rather than pay.
Sounds like logistics… and that is the bread and butter of a manufacturing business like this isn’t it?
