It really doesn't make any long-term sense to pay these ransoms as it just encourages more. Best to take the pain and do what you can to prevent it happening again by tightening security.
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Hacker Group Mysteriously Removes Stolen Apple Schematics and Extortion Threat From Ransomware Website
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I think it was disgruntled users that don't like the lack of ports. I hope they at least negoitated a deal to add a USB-A port first.
Don’t try to blackmail the richest company in the world.
It won’t end well for you.
If someone pay it would be Quanta. “Pay it or no more contracts!”.
I don't think they'll do a line item of it. They'll probably just lump in in with the payments they make to China and Russia.
I guess the hackers never watched a godfather movie, you never extort money from the mafia. You might as have put a big red target on your chest. Hey U.S government cyber security team can you do us a favor, and find them for us? Discount on your next Mac Pro tower orders 
Their apple one subscription got cancelled and so the files on iCloud deleted 🤣
Apple routinely pays off patent trolls, who are pretty much extortionists in their own right.
What, exactly, did the hacker group think was worth $50m to Apple? Sure, Apple might have wanted to keep the fact that it’s planning to reintroduce an SD slot or remove the TouchBar under wraps until *they* decide to reveal it, but so what if it gets out early! It’s not like the vast majority of people even get to know what this group decides to leak - pretty much just nerds like us read this stuff.
And it isn’t exactly earth-shaking new technology that we’re talking about here. It’s not like Apple’s laptop competitors will use this info to get one over on Apple as a result of a leak.
And it isn’t exactly earth-shaking new technology that we’re talking about here. It’s not like Apple’s laptop competitors will use this info to get one over on Apple as a result of a leak.
I’m gonna guess Apple didn’t pay up. And finding a rat in one of these groups isn’t too hard, since the rats can be anonymous to authorities. And the price of hiring someone to work this angle against the would be ransomers is far less than 50M. REvil got greedy with this number and I suspect that Apple may have some leverage against them now. That leverage plus apple’s considerable resources would be intimidating and Apple has no qualms about playing dirty.
So you admit Apple is a criminal organization?I guess the hackers never watched a godfather movie, you never extort money from the mafia. You might as have put a big red target on your chest. Hey U.S government cyber security team can you do us a favor, and find them for us? Discount on your next Mac Pro tower orders
I'm not surprised that the information has been removed.
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Sent from my iPhone 13 Pro Max
Tim did meet with the former White House occupant more than most.