Social media site Reddit reported a hacking incident for which the ALPHV Russian ransomware group has now claimed to be the perpetrator. The group threatens to leak censorship and other sensitive, stolen information in relation to Reddit if the company does not pay $4.5 million.
Reddit had reported the data breach on February after an employee fell victim to a phishing attack, giving passwords that allowed access to a part of the company’s files.
The ransomware group ALPHV, also known as BlackCat, claimed the attack on Saturday, BleepingComputer reported.
BlackCat claimed to have stolen 80 gigabytes (GB) of data from Reddit, including internal documents, source code, employee data, and advertiser data….