• motor_spirit@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Good thing these dickheads have been building a solid stockpile of ransom payment for years through fee collection, so they can breathe easily knowing capital is of no concern

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      6 months ago

      The article says it’s data for 560 mil users being sold at $500k USD, that puts the black-market valuation at roughly $0.0009 USD per user. Seems a little on the low end to me if they really do have credit card and payment details linked to other personal information for so many people.