Ransomware Group Claims to Have Hacked Sony Systems, Threatens to Sell Allegedly Stolen Data

Ransomware group Ransomed.vc claims to have hacked "all Sony systems"
Group aims to sell the allegedly stolen data rather than ransom it
Ransomed.vc shared some "proof-of-hack" material, but it seems limited
The group considers itself a "ransomware-as-a-service" organization
Sony has not yet commented on the alleged hack

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Posted 9/25/2023, 3:30:00 PM