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[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 57 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Misleading headline.

From a different site:

with attackers demanding a $150,000 ransom in “baguettes,” an obtuse reference to the company’s headquarters being located in France. In reality, the attackers are looking for payment in Monero, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency.

https://cyberscoop.com/schneider-electric-energy-ransomware-hellcat/

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 41 points 1 day ago

However, the hacker(s) indicated, that should Schneider publicly admit to this latest data breach, the ransom would be cut in half. Thus, the ransom demanded would decrease to $62,500 worth of baguettes, we would presume. Even with a 50% deduction, that’s still a lot of dough.

[–] krelvar@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Such a strange world. These kind of stories makes it funny to read the headlines from time to time.

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Just some blokes making sandwiches, nothing to see here.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

A lot of whine

[–] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

TIL that Schneider Electric is a French company. I always assumed it was American or Swiss.

[–] MelastSB@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm French and I assumed it was German

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago

While I despise all these hackers these days, I feel like these companies deserve it, for their utterly non-existent data handling protocols.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 13 points 1 day ago

published November 5, 2024

Well, today’s the 12th. What happened?

[–] riskable@programming.dev 8 points 1 day ago

That's a lot of dough

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 8 points 1 day ago

But they’d go rock hard stale before you got through 4 of them!

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Accessed through Jira huh, that's pretty epic but this aggression will not stand up! I can imagine the hackers sprinting away with baguettes under the their arm. Such a scrummy thing to do.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 points 18 hours ago

Well what should they do about it? They kanban them...